aging issues, aging parents, communication strategies, eldercare, Siblings, teamwork, workingtogether
Did you know that according to a survey by the National Caregivers Association, 76% of family carers say they don’t receive help from other family members. To me that seems sad, but here is an attempt to uncover potential solutions, gleaned from two blog posts I read.
The first one is entitled: ‘Why Caregiving Creates Tension Among Siblings’, by Gary Gilles, and can be found at:https://www.mentalhelp.net/blogs/when-caregiving-creates-tension-among-siblings-part-i
Here are some takeaways for you based on that post:
- Caregiving
can bring out the best and the worst in sibling relationships, strained
relations can ensue - Siblings
can find themselves living out historical ‘roles’ based on previous family
patterns - One
or more siblings can deny the condition of the parent(s), thereby protecting
themselves from the painful realization of parent(s) decline. In time, however, denial can be replaced by
acceptance. - One
possible solution to the sibling -non-involvement challenge is to schedule
family meetings or…
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