aging parent care

"Dad, I thiink it might be time to give up your keys and stop driving..." this is the conversation you don't want to have and your parent doesn't want to hear. Can you imagine yourself having to give up the freedom and mobility? So can you empathize with and listen to your parent. Cause imagine what they are going through. Gina and Don talk about listening is one of the first steps in this conversation.

#takingawaythekeysfromdad #seniorsstoppingdriving #seniorlifetransitioning #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily #seniorcare #elderlycare

This week we are looking back at the best podcast of 2023 and talking about the Sandwich Generation, parents who are sandwiched between raising their kids and caring for aging parents.

How many things do you have to juggle in your life? Now add on caring not only for your kids but an aging parent.  You have to be a great juggling performer to make that work. Gina and Don (along with Grover) talk about how to juggle all of that. Join us…

#sandwichgeneration #jugglinglife #takingcareofchildren #takingcareofagingparents #agingparentsupport #agingcaregivers #caregivingagingparents #seniorcaregiving #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily

Attending a wedding a very old friends of our family and my kids stirs up the aging perspective. The kids getting married are friends of our kids and we are friends with the parents and have been since the kids were 3 and 4 years old. Now Gina and I are watching as our kids grow into adulthood and our friends kids grow into adulthood. It makes for a whole new perspective on life, marriage, family and friends. Gina and Don take a look at that and all that is involved. 

#familydynamics #agingparents #familyfriendschanging #weddingsperspective #marriagewhenaging #kidsgrowingup #childrengrowingup #ginagrothoff #dongrothoff #focusedhealthyfamily

Have you reached the point where the roles have reversed and you are having to take care of your aging parents? In this bite size episode I talk about what I have been going through and feeling while having to take care of my mother leading up to and since her TAV-R surgery to replace her Aortic heart valve.

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