The baby boomer generation that are in their 'golden years' is causing demands for senior home care services to rise. The demographic, economic, and technological change is created because this population segment is living longer, healthier, and active lives.
We are not blaming the parents of yester year, however, the baby boom generation is not settling for the 'alone and invisible' scenario as their parents experienced. In taking care of their aging parents, experienced seniors know and understand the heavy burden of caretaking.
From that lesson, today?s seniors are initiatingpro-active planning for life after retirement and as they continue aging. The baby boomers recognize and respect that their adult children have lives, careers, and family of their own, which overtime may cause conflict in providing the necessary care for them. In some cases, the adult children may eventually be or unable to provide any care for them.
Elders and their adult children of bygone days lived in neighborhoods that consisted of family, friends, and neighbors that provided a support network which allowed them to assist each other with the caretaking of aging community members. The support the network provided included; taking members to doctor appointments, emotional support, reminders to take medication, grocery shopping, recreational outings, conversations, grooming, gathers, or meal preparations. In that type of network, the responsibility was shared and adult children and other families felt less stress.
The adult children that are caregivers of the 21st Century is often faced with searching for alternative living arrangements and/or care giving providers for their parents. The search may include locating supportive nursing services, respite care, or assistant living facilities. The costs, depending on services may be expensive, along with other barriers such as cultural, language, mis-housed in care facilities, abuse, or suffering the proverbial 'generation-gap' with the younger employees.
Another barrier to senior services as well as the most challenging and emotionally difficult is when seniors have high assets that have become a block to receiving Medicare. To receive Medicare benefits, the individual must spend down all their assets to qualify for Medicare services.
Senior boomers dream of having access to affordable housing, using assets toward care, convenient services, an inter-generational community and a model that is not based solely on business but inclusive of client-centered and/or elder-friendly society. In being prepared, baby boomers can make informed decisions about the best elder care services for themselves.
Therefore, with a community created and focused on being a elder-friendly will provide the type of senior home care structure that is practical, affordable, convenient, and bundle with a stimulating social environment. Thus, a senior's desire to live in a home of their own is fulfill.
We are not blaming the parents of yester year, however, the baby boom generation is not settling for the 'alone and invisible' scenario as their parents experienced. In taking care of their aging parents, experienced seniors know and understand the heavy burden of caretaking.
From that lesson, today?s seniors are initiatingpro-active planning for life after retirement and as they continue aging. The baby boomers recognize and respect that their adult children have lives, careers, and family of their own, which overtime may cause conflict in providing the necessary care for them. In some cases, the adult children may eventually be or unable to provide any care for them.
Elders and their adult children of bygone days lived in neighborhoods that consisted of family, friends, and neighbors that provided a support network which allowed them to assist each other with the caretaking of aging community members. The support the network provided included; taking members to doctor appointments, emotional support, reminders to take medication, grocery shopping, recreational outings, conversations, grooming, gathers, or meal preparations. In that type of network, the responsibility was shared and adult children and other families felt less stress.
The adult children that are caregivers of the 21st Century is often faced with searching for alternative living arrangements and/or care giving providers for their parents. The search may include locating supportive nursing services, respite care, or assistant living facilities. The costs, depending on services may be expensive, along with other barriers such as cultural, language, mis-housed in care facilities, abuse, or suffering the proverbial 'generation-gap' with the younger employees.
Another barrier to senior services as well as the most challenging and emotionally difficult is when seniors have high assets that have become a block to receiving Medicare. To receive Medicare benefits, the individual must spend down all their assets to qualify for Medicare services.
Senior boomers dream of having access to affordable housing, using assets toward care, convenient services, an inter-generational community and a model that is not based solely on business but inclusive of client-centered and/or elder-friendly society. In being prepared, baby boomers can make informed decisions about the best elder care services for themselves.
Therefore, with a community created and focused on being a elder-friendly will provide the type of senior home care structure that is practical, affordable, convenient, and bundle with a stimulating social environment. Thus, a senior's desire to live in a home of their own is fulfill.
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