Hey, gang, time for another fascinating trip in to the brain of one blogger named David.
We as living creatures on this planet called earth are facing the enviable. We're getting old. Or, if you are lucky enough you are ready are. Congratulations. We can't avoid it, we can't post pone it. It's going to happen to everyone at some point in their lives. You are going to be a senior citizen.
Question is, how do you take care of them and how would you want to be treated when you reach your advanced years? For the past 6 years I have been living with my grandmother and helping her with her day to day need's and etc. I think I have been doing a decent job, not that I am boasting, but I love my grandmother and even though I will be the first to admit, I could possibly be doing more, I haven't done bad either.
The truth is, I think everybody wishes they could do more when it comes to their advanced age relatives. Kicking your self because you don't have all the means's necessary isn't a good thing, but we do it because we wish we had it.
The important thing about senior citizens is no matter how much we care for them and how much we younger adults love and respect them, we must remember they are still adults and should be treated as such. Easy to say. Hard to do.
I can not begin to tell you the number of times I have thought I was either saying or doing something to help my grandmother only to find out she could have done it her self and wanted to in the first place.
We have this mentality to say, sit down, Ill get it for you, when they are going to turn around and say no, I am not crippled, I want to do it. Makes them feel use full. And they should feel that way.
My grandmother is well taken care of. She has her children and grand children close by if she should need them and I think it is safe to say if she needs or wants to go anywhere, we are not going to say no. If we can take her, we would and in most cases do.
As I have stated before, I am the oldest of six siblings. My mother doesn't have to worry about getting old. Just like her mother she is going to have the best care we can give her and with her grandchildren and future great grandchildren to help her with what ever she should need, she doesn't have to be too concerned.
However, she is going to. We all are. We are all to worried about how we are going to take care of our selves once we reach age 50 or 60. Regardless of who is there to help. Living independently. Everybody wants that.
in 39 years I am going to be in my '80's. I can only give it to God and trust that He knows how it will turn out. If I am lucky, I will be treated and cared for the same way grandma is and how my mother will be.
