{"id":24881,"date":"2020-03-06T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?p=24881"},"modified":"2023-11-22T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T00:16:27","slug":"plan-carefully-to-ease-aging-parents-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/news\/plan-carefully-to-ease-aging-parents-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Carefully to Ease Aging Parents&#8217; Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article\">\n\t<header class=\"header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"type\"><\/span>\t\t<h1>Plan Carefully to Ease Aging Parents&#8217; Transitions<\/h1>\t\t<time>March 6, 2020<\/time>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div id=\"block_355603697f6b2f97c800e6f924d35448\" class=\"shs-block block-news-article entry-content\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Through our lives, many of us look to Mom or Dad as our biggest supporters. As they age, that role often reverses. To keep child and parent from feeling overwhelmed with new responsibilities and roles, take some steps toward a practical plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Be organized<\/strong>. Keep track of your thoughts and questions in a notebook and refer to it as you speak to your parent, siblings, medical staff and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consider key areas<\/strong>. Thoughtfully consider your parent\u2019s needs as it relates to each of these eight areas: family support, home safety, health care, cognitive health, mobility, personal hygiene, meal preparation and social interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consider your own needs<\/strong>. Honestly assess your ability and availability to care for your parent. Never hesitate to reach out to others who have more expertise, ability and time to be the best support to an aging parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go slow with changes<\/strong>. Unless it\u2019s an emergency, focus on one or two critical needs at a time and include the parent in decisions. Be a partner, not an adversary, when making changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, visit Aging and Disability Resource Connection of Oregon at <a href=\"https:\/\/adrcoforegon.org\/consite\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adrcoforegon.org<\/a> or call <a class=\"phone-link\" href=\"tel:855-673-2372\">855-673-2372<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/helping-aging-parents-001-CO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-cta size-cta wp-post-image\" alt=\"Family gathered together including a grandfather, parent and child.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/helping-aging-parents-001-CO.jpg 360w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/helping-aging-parents-001-CO-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/helping-aging-parents-001-CO-120x100.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take some steps towards a practical plan when learning to support a parent through the aging process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":13366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"March 06, 2020","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"news-topics":[293,290],"news-types":[270],"services":[242],"specialty":[34,38],"class_list":["post-24881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","news-topics-wellness","news-topics-senior-health","news-types-feature-article","services-hospice-palliative-care","specialty-hospice","specialty-palliative-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"news-topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topics?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"news-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-types?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=24881"},{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=24881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}