Thursday, January 19, 2012
My topic for this blog is about my personal experiences with the struggles within my family to care for my grandparents who are both unable to be home alone anymore. My Grandpa has Dementia and my Grandmother had a stroke last year and was finally released from a nursing home/ rehabilitation center about three months ago. They have a day and a night nurse during the week and my family rotates taking care of them on the weekends. I have six Uncles and Aunts and one of the close family friends helps within the weekend rotations. As organized as all that sounds, it quickly gets messy and stressful for everyone involved since caring for people is tough work but between doctors appointments and making meals we're all just trying to keep it together as best as we can.
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Brooke,
ReplyDeleteThis is such an important blog to write about. When you consider the state of health care and the burdens on a family sick loved ones unfortunately create, it's a mess of stress, but watching loved ones stay sick and wondering how it will all be paid.
I think your family sounds amazing. What would it be like if your grandparents had not had children? A great research blog post would be what happens to those who need care but have no family to jump in?
I am so interested to see where you take this...