When people care for children, particularly if they have more than one or two, they start to become skilled at caring for them at a certain point. A veteran mom can change a baby’s diapers in something like 7.6 seconds and never give it a thought. Practice makes perfect!
This, unfortunately, is not the case where caring for our elderly parents is concerned. We only have two parents, we may or may not even be so fortunate as to have them to care for in their declining years. When we’re first faced with issues such as our mother’s incontinence, it can be disconcerting. It is delicate and difficult to balance our desire to help our loved ones maintain their sense of dignity in their final years with the practical need to keep the mattress dry and to prevent the house from smelling of urine. Parenting one’s parents is not an endeavor in which many people ever feel truly accomplished.
Thankfully, there are those who have traveled this path before you and left a trail. There are tips, tricks, techniques and products that are helpful when one is dealing with an aging parent. One primary tool, one able to restore the caregiver’s perspective and which helps to maintain the dignity of the parent, is humor. When faced, for example, with the parent’s need to wear Adult Diaper in Minneapolis, the caregiver can joke, “I knew the first time you ever changed my diaper that one day I’d be changing yours!” Such a statement, delivered with a loving smile and a matter-of-fact attitude will help to ease the older person into wearing the Adult Diaper in Minneapolis, which is going to insure that she actually wakes up in a dry bed in the morning, which ultimately will be a blessing to everyone involved.
Find a store that specializes in products to make caring for the elderly easier, such as 4 Day Medical Store. There is no need to reinvent the wheel instead, take advantage of the many tools at your disposal incontinence products, bathroom safety bars, walkers, and all sorts of things that assist the elderly and their caretakers in their simple tasks of daily living.
Remember, your parent will not be with you forever. In caring for her with compassion, tenderness and respect, you will have peace when she is gone, knowing you cared for her with love.
