{"id":9124,"date":"2021-02-10T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrityinhome.com\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:06:43","slug":"senior-care-wilsonville-or-right-time-to-talk-about-senior-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrityinhome.com\/blog\/senior-care-wilsonville-or-right-time-to-talk-about-senior-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Right Time to Talk about Senior Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><br \/><\/strong>You might already know that it\u2019s time to bring in senior care providers for your senior, but when should you talk about it with her? You don\u2019t want to wait until the decision can\u2019t be put off any longer, but your timing does have an impact on how well she receives the idea. The entire conversation can take quite a bit of planning on your part.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Wait for a Time When You\u2019re Both Calm<\/strong><\/em><br \/><br \/>It\u2019s a lot easier to talk about difficult topics when both you and your senior are calm. If you broach a tough topic when you and your elderly family member are already worked up, that\u2019s going to just exacerbate the situation. Your senior isn\u2019t likely to really hear you and you might miss some important details from her. It\u2019s much better to choose your timing wisely.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Avoid Choosing Right After a Close Call<\/strong><\/em><br \/><br \/>One time you definitely don\u2019t want to mention hiring senior care providers or making any other changes your senior might interpret as restrictive is after any type of close call. Your senior is going to associate what you\u2019re saying with punishment for making a mistake or experiencing something traumatic. That\u2019s not going to win her over to your cause.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Keep the Conversation Light, if Possible<\/strong><\/em><br \/><br \/>When you are ready to talk about senior care providers, keep the conversation light. You don\u2019t want to bring up anything scary or that is full of doom and gloom. You want to keep the topics supportive of your senior and productive. You\u2019re trying to help her to see your point of view, not set her up to feel as if you\u2019re being her adversary.<br \/><br \/><em><strong>Focus on What Your Senior Can Do<\/strong><\/em><br \/><br \/>As you talk, focus more on what your <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/integrityinhome.com\/care-options\/\">senior<\/a><\/strong><\/em> <\/span>can do than on the skills and activities that she\u2019s lost. This goes back to trying to keep the conversation light and positive. You want to remind her that you know she\u2019s got this, but that with a little bit of help, she could be doing even better. This can be a bit of a tricky area, but it is worth slowing down and being careful about what you\u2019re saying to her.<br \/><br \/>This is not always an easy conversation, but you really do need to talk about senior care with your aging family member. When you find the right time, the conversation will go so much better.<strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\"><br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>If you or an aging loved-one are considering hiring <a href=\"https:\/\/integrityinhome.com\/contact-us\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Homecare in Hillsboro, OR<\/span><\/a>, please contact the caring staff at Integrity In-Home Care. Call today (503) 660-3755<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Care in Wilsonville OR: When should you and your senior talk about hiring senior care providers?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,65],"tags":[27,66],"class_list":["post-9124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homecare-in-wilsonville-or","category-senior-care-in-willsonville-or","tag-senior-care","tag-senior-care-in-wilsonville-or"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is There a Right Time to Talk about Senior Care? 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