by Ketlene Desrosiers
There's something very self absorbed about the caregiver to senior citizen relationship. By that we mean that most if not all of the decisions you make and subjects of concern focus either on the senior and his needs or around the caregiver and the senior citizen and how you will work together to address his needs.
It is small wonder then when we believe about what your elderly parent discussed all day, it's usually all about his or her physical or emotional needs. How a caregiver relationship works naturally encourages the idea that the senior citizens world involves the needs and issues of the senior citizen himself.
But we all know from raising children that if a person is completely focused on themselves, that is very unhealthy. That is ways to become a hypochondriac and become overwhelmed by obsessive compulsive habits because they think everything must begin and end with their problems and there is no opportunity to see the world or acquire some perspective by being with other people.
So a bold step you as a caregiver can do is to suggest that you and your elderly parent get out of the apartment and make a move of value to others. Through getting involved in volunteering or at least heading out and making a difference together, you give a way for your elderly parent to obtain some self esteem from making someone else's life better. It provides them chance to get out in the outdoors and break up the constant thoughts about themselves by thinking about another person or something else for a while.
At first you might get some resistance to the idea and you may have to be downright stubborn about trying it out. The knee jerk reaction that your elderly parent may have when you bring up volunteering together might be, "what does that have to do with my needs?" By explaining the value to her or him, you ca help your elderly parent keep in mind that life was better when it was about others and that a life of service is a healthy life.
You don't have to get really ambitious to locate something good to do with your energies. And when your senior mom or dad is disabled, there are still things you can do. Some simple steps you can take at first that gets the process started are...
. Go to the park and get trash on a slow walk which means you make the park a prettier place.
. Go visit another person in the retirement community that she or he knows is lonely and would want to be dropped in on.
. Help stuff envelopes or make phone calls for your church or a charity organization. This really is something you can do from a wheelchair if that's the situation with your elderly parent.
. Read to disadvantaged children at the local library.
. Become a big brother or big sister and have a young person to a ball game in order to the zoo every so often.
Most cities possess a volunteer coordination agency that can match up your physical abilities with volunteer opportunities. Once you get your elderly parent involved in doing something for others, expect if their enthusiasm takes off like a skyrocket.
The great sense of <a href="http://www.webmarksolutions.com/2012/03/22/generating-a-significant-difference-alongside-one-another/">making a difference</a> for others can literally turn their life around. And on the way home as your parent chatters about the people you met and the things you are doing, you know that this idea was a hit. And when they cannot stop talking about the next thing you will go do together, you will know that your parent has gotten the bug for service projects. And his or her life will never be exactly the same again. And that's a good thing.
Take a look at the website <a href="http://www.godschildrenministries.org/">missions trip</a>.
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Title: Building a Improvement Together
Author: Ketlene Desrosiers
Email: karri_o_2000@yahoo.com
Keywords: help,aid,self improvement,non profit,hobbies
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Category: Hobbies
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