Elder Care Rock Hill: Collaborating with Siblings to Provide Senior Care

 

Elder care and caring for an elderly loved one is no small responsibility. In fact, many individual must quit their jobs in order to provide the elder care and in home care their seniors need. This is why it is important for families to work together to ensure that their loved ones receive the attention they deserve. The home care professionals at Always Best Care of Rock Hill, serving York, Lancaster, and Chester Counties, including the communities Rock Hill, Tega Cay, Fort Mill, Lake Wylie, and Indian Land, as well as Clover, Hickory Grove, Sharon, and other nearby areas, encourage siblings to collaborate with one another in order to offer the care that their parents and grandparents need.

It is not always easy to get everyone on the same page when it comes to sharing elder care responsibilities. This is particularly true when siblings live in different states or all have families of their own to look after. But it is possible to work together to ensure the safety and health of an elderly loved one. Here are some ideas that siblings may find useful in creating a care plan that works.

• Create a schedule, ensuring that everyone knows when they are responsible for their senior. Make the schedule ahead of time so that siblings are able to plan around the care they are providing.

•  Try to remain flexible whenever possible, as conflicts are certain to arise. For instance, be willing to trade "shifts" with a sibling if their child falls ill and they need to change their schedule. Likewise, ensure that each sibling has time to take vacations and enjoy their own families.

•  If a sibling lives out of state, have them chip in by making doctor's appointments, calling in prescription refills, or even managing finances. This way they can still contribute and are able to alleviate some of the stress from their brothers and sisters who are providing in-home care.

• Ensure that the lines of communication remain open. All siblings must understand the goals of care and when it is time to call in professionals for assistance. Talking with elderly loved ones about this will allow siblings to prepare to enact more intense care options if the need arises.

The elder care professionals at Always Best Care of Rock Hill (http://www.alwaysbestcarerockhill.com) know that working with siblings is not always easy; however, sharing senior care responsibilities will allow family members to maintain a balance between caring for their elderly loved ones and raising their own children.

Finding the right care is not an easy decision to make, so we have put together an E-booklet filled with tips, advice, and general information so that you are well informed, which you can at http://bit.ly/OMRg8X.

Contact us today at (803) 329-0079 or via email at pdavidson@abc-seniors.com for a free care consultation. We would love to discuss with you how we can help.