Caring for elderly parents

Nordette is caregiver to her elderly parents.

Her elderly father, along with her mother who has dementia live with her, her adult daughter and teen age son.

Over at BlogHer, she tells us of the time a black snake nearly ruined her day:

My dad said, “And while we were out trying to see about that, the cat got out, I guess, and when we came back in your mother wasn’t in the living room and we went to look for her. I just didn’t hear her leave.” My dad is hard of hearing, but hasn’t yet looked into hearing aids. He only spends money as a last resort.

Though she has help with her parents and it can be rewarding, it still must be an enormous amount of stress, even when you want to give back to them and take care of them.

It’s always good to watch out for snakes, though.