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Finding Balance When Caring for a Parent
How do you navigate the transition from child to caregiver of a parent while supporting both their dignity and your own wellness?
Caring for an aging or ill parent comes with countless responsibilities, from preparing meals and scheduling medication to attending appointments and much more. While this shift to caregiver is, in some ways, a natural progression, it also requires you to navigate into a new relationship with your parent. As such, you need to learn how to balance respect and consent for their desires with your own health and happiness.
Roma Palmer is a registered clinical counsellor who not only helps parental caregivers but also fills this role herself, first with her mother years ago and now with her father. Today, she shares what she’s discovered through her work and firsthand experience juggling family, career, and caregiving.
Learn from Roma’s thoughtful and proactive approach that keeps respect and love in focus throughout this shifting relationship:
- Practices that prioritize the care recipient’s continued sense of identity at this tumultuous time
- The importance of involving your parent and family members in the caregiving decision process
- Tools for fending off isolation and scheduling breaks to take care of yourself
- How to ensure the division of caregiving labour is distributed openly and fairly
Click here to listen to the podcast by Roma Palmer - registered clinical counsellor
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