Taking Care of Our Elderly

Davis 1 E. Diana Davis ENGL 2010 Professor Asplund 21st September 2012 The duty of Taking Care of Our Elders My grandmother knows a lot rough how it feels to be leave in a house alone, delay for somebody to assist her to merely ache out of bed. This Satur solar day morning I mulish to go visit her while my granddaddy was at dialysis. She was surprised to hear my congressman as she turned her head everyplace my way and smiled. I could hear the start of relief in her voice just knowing her granddaughter was here to see closely her.My grandmother has been blind since March 2012 she is a diabetic that has had an eye surgery to uphold repair a detached retina that is salve healing. In the meanwhile shes been traffic with paralysis on her right cheek from a stroke she suffered over 20 years ago, and its re anyy defyn a toll on her health. As I sat down beside her with a pen and paper I told her I expected to confirm her point of watch out on how she feels somewhat wo rld an ancient person in this hard economy. I needed to know if they were able to multiply all their needs on a fixed income. Did she really feel kindred her and my grandfathers needs were really being met?As she began to tell me about her fears Davis 2 And concerns my heart sunk and I thought to myself, maintain we really failed to brood up to the bargains of fetching dread of our elders. As she spoke in her little unused tone, she made me aware of how hard it is to do simple things handle fetching a shower, cooking and even going to the public convenience is a hard task to do these days. She said I feel like everyone is too busy to lend a hand, and me and your grandfather dont want to be a burden on you all. I thought to myself as her granddaughter, was I even doing enough?Was the responsibility of taking do of our elderly been over steped, or was it being passed down to the few faithful tidy sum who were getting burnt out on the responsibility? My grandparents as parents bared the moral, legal, and honourable responsibilities to care for their children. However, now that my grandparents have realiseed an be on where they can no eight-day look after themselves, the duties of their adult children to support them is little clear. It is therefore only fair to swan now that their children are grown up and now their parents have become elderly, they should take up the responsibility to provide a decent life for their parents.While it is not a legal obligation, it is a moral obligation and its time to pay forwards what is owed to our parents/grandparents. Its our responsibility to help every family member in need. Our family has raised us and helped to survive in this uncertain economy, so why shouldnt we help out when our parents and grandparents reach an age where they need our assistance? Davis 3 Only one out of in five people takes the needed stairs to prepare legally and financially for taking care of an incapacitated parent. Consider t his subscriber line between expectations and reality Only 13 percent of some 4,000 U.S. workers surveyed for the 2011 (Aflac Work Forces Report) view that the need for long-term care would rival their families. The percentage of adult children providing personal care and/or financial assistance to a parent has to a greater extent than tripled over the past tense 15 years, the research group found. Of course, in todays tough economy, it also is common for elderly adults to be supporting their adult children. and in some ways, thats easier to accept Parents often plan to leave whatever wealthiness they have to their children anyway.The flow of wealth from old to younger generation feels natural to many. scarcely with Americans living so much longer now, the younger generation has to do more thinking about how they might care for parents who have exhausted their savings. After spend the firm day talking with my grandparents about their concerns I matte compelled to lend a h and. I made lunch for them and started to somewhat the kitchen. By the end of the day the whole house was spotless, and before I left(p) I help my grandfather get my grandmother ready for bed.I have to formulate I was really exhausted when I finished, but the feeling I felt when I saw them smiling and restful together was worth a million bucks. As soon as I got home that night, I was determined that I had to help with this situation right away. The primary thing to do was to call a family meeting. It was time for everyone to pull Davis 4 together and take up their responsibility to do their part. First thing we needed to do is amaze together a entry and set it in stone. We all concord that we would be assigned a day to go and check on our grandparents/parents.This transaction plan would include cooking, cleaning and donating at least a hundred dollars a month to help with their financial needs. So far this is working out great, and all it took was a concerned person to be a good listener and someone to pull a family together to put a plan in action. By working together as a family it helped to mend broken relationships and it helped us to gross(a) many beautiful things. Im happy to say my grandparents are salutary taken care now, and years have been added to their life span. Davis 5 Works Cited Http//www. aflac. com/ Aflac_WorkForces_Report 2011