When Care for an Elderly Parent at Home Stops Working

Rethinking and reassessing care for elderly parents can be a struggle that consumes a caregiver’s thoughts when care needs or responsibilities become impractical, unsustainable, or too risky.

• What if an elderly parent with memory loss is no longer safe living at home alone?
• What if Mom or Dad with Parkinson’s Disease keeps falling and injuring themselves?
• What if Dad keeps having one car accident after another? Is it time to take away the car keys?

There are times when an elderly parent living at home is no longer possible.

While no one wants to admit that living independently is risky, changes in mental and physical health can necessitate a different plan of care for an elderly parent.

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