Carolyn Rosenblatt practiced nursing for 10 years and in her legal career, was a litigator for 27 years. In her third career, she is in the advice business at AgingParents.com. She covers issues in families navigating problems with legal, healthcare, financial and family dynamics issues of aging. She is an experienced mediator of family disputes.
Do you ever feel ovewhelmed in trying to be available for your aging parents while trying to keep your own work/life/family together? You want to be a loving adult child, but some parents can be very demanding. They might expect you to be at their beck and call and you feel gulity if you say you can’t come right now or whenever they demand your presence or attention.Setting limits on what you will and won’t do is essential if you want any kind of balance in your own life.
As for unresolved family interpersonal relationships, that gets complicated. If you want to take a run at getting some of these issues resolved, it can be very helpful to get a. An elder mediator, trusted clergy person, empathetic elder law attorney or wise other relative can help facilitate the conversation. Ignoring that underlying issues exist and can explain some of the behavior of the aging parent or your reactions to them is certain to ensure that they will continue to be stressors.
Manage aging parents’ resistance to boundaries calmly and without responding emotionally. Stay steady with expressing what you want.
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