Happy Holidays! How Are Your Parents Doing?
The holidays are quickly approaching. Thanksgiving and the December Holidays (Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas) are a time to celebrate the season with yearly traditional family gatherings.
It can also be a great time to do a wellness check on your aging parents to take stock of how your parents are doing and see for yourself if any changes or adjustments need to be made to their living arrangements.
So, ask yourself: how are they doing? Here are a few questions to think about:
Have your parents slowed down?
Is their memory still sharp?
Are they repeating themselves a lot?
Is the upkeep of their yard becoming too much?
Is the upkeep of their house becoming too burdensome?
Are they safe in their house?
Have they fallen?
Is it time to start going through their belongings to organize or downsize?
Should you start thinking about moving them to a senior living facility?
These are a few of the questions to start thinking about, and the holidays are a good time to take stock of how things are going.
Most of the time, it is a crisis that instigates changes for aging parents, things like a fall, a major surgery, or even the death of one parent.
Being proactive can save you some stress later, and having a plan in place before a crisis hits can give you peace of mind.
Senior Life Management can help you navigate some of these inevitable changes.
For example:
We can install safety grab bars in bathrooms or do other home modifications as needed.
We can do wellness checks – your very own senior check-in service.
We can do a walk-through every month and check light bulbs and filters, and other maintenance needs.
We can provide other handyman services and senior home repair.
And, if it is time to downsize, Sort Toss Pack, our moving company, can help your parents organize, downsize, or pack and move.
Our Senior Life Management brokerage services company can also help sell your parent’s house and help you find more suitable living arrangements, if needed.
So, enjoy this upcoming holiday season and all the family gatherings, but take the time to assess if your aging parents need some additional help.
Call us today at (952) 431-1095 to start a conversation.
Happy Holidays to you and your family from Senior Life Management.