Reset Expectations

The challenge of caring for an aging parent are exhaustive and quickly exceed the capacity of any one person.

Caregivers need to adopt realistic and sustainable expectations about their capacityy to avoid sacrificing their health for unattainable goals.

Acknowledging limits on what you can accomplish and control does not diminish your commitment or intention to do the right thing.

 

on August 2, 2017
I wish my parent’s doctors would read this book! Everyone who deals with those over 70 should read it. We teach early childhood education, but why is there no education in how to deal with those in the last part of their lives, so they feel respected. This guy is great.

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