In recommendation #29 professor :Liberman talked about his mother's move to Florida and how she felt so unhappy because she no longer had her circle of friends. I can't even imagine how that feels to know you are growing older and getting closer and closer to death because all your friends are dying off. It must be a horrible feeling...very lonely. I think that is why it is so important to have family around the elderly so that they still have a support system. If they have their grand kids around it may help them to forget about the sadness they feel because they will see the joy in their grandchildren. Through reading the recommendations it was nice to see that his mother remained pretty active. I wish I could say the same for my grandmother (my mom's mother). She is very sedentary and we know that is not a good thing. My granny however (my dad's mom) is pretty active and I am proud of her for that. She has a lot of things she wants to accomplish.
Isn't it something how the parents acts as the child and the child acts as the parent. I have been able to watch and notice it first hand. The body is a mysterious complex machine and it amazes me how much it changes through the years. In recommendation #36 he stressed patience. Patience is so important when you are dealing with an elderly parents especially when they move slow, have many doctors appointments, have to be reminded to take medicine, and so on and so on. It can be hard to remain patient. I know my mom gets tired sometimes and even when I have been home for just the weekend it tired me down. My mom is with her pretty much 24/7. Its hard and it really needs to be more than one person involved.
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