Why Failing to Recognize Aging Parents Health Problems Can Make Life Difficult for Adult Children

Failing to recognize aging parents health problems can make life difficult for adult children who become their caregivers. How can adult children recognize when the health of aging parents is beginning to fail?

Learning about conditions like frailty, geriatric syndromes, and failure to thrive can help family caregivers recognize the health problems of elderly loved ones before they become worse.

When aging parents refuse to acknowledge their health problems, the burden of care can fall on their children or other family members. Caring for elderly parents can be time-consuming, stressful, and expensive when their caregivers pay for care costs.

In this video, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson describes aspects of frailty, geriatric syndromes, and failure to thrive so that you can identify early or worrisome signs that a parent's health may be changing to take action. You will gain a better understanding of:

Frailty
Geriatric syndromes
Failure to thrive
How one illness can lead to greater health problems for the elderly
The importance of being proactive with medical care for aging parents including taking parents to regular doctor appointments
Recognizing that while caregivers want the best for parents, parents must also take an active role in their health and well-being

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