Planning For The The Frail Period

Planning For The The Frail Period

Many people find it very difficult to even discuss the possibility of dying much less discuss or plan for long term disability that often comes with moving into what I refer to as the Frail Period.Never did I see the full picture of paying for car insurance, gas, repairs etc.But we go on!But it must be discussed in order for you and your parent to move into "the frail period" with confidence that all will be well!Then the ultimate,what I believe we think is the final planning ,our retirement!Many really do not plan for the stage of life that I refer to as the coach outlet store Frail Period.

All of our lives we plan, for me it started at about age I could not wait till I turned 16, that meant freedom, drivers license, the opportunity to obtain a job and have spending money.Never do we see the full picture, the cost of our first apartment, new car payments, finding the right job, etc.Let's face it, planning for the time of our lives that we are unable to care for ourselves is not exactly exciting!It is the only plan that does not have something to look forward to and it is often perceived as the end-our death!Then our planning is focused on graduating from cheap air jordan high school, going to college and again getting a job and having spending money.Afterwhich something interesting then happens.

Kent Nerburn, "Letters to My Son" THE FRAIL PERIOD Over the past decade, I have worked with thousands of families as they have gone through and grown through the aging of their parents or elder family member.You carry the Authorized ugg boots seeds of your old age in you at this very moment, and they hear the echoes of their childhood each time they see you.We rarely see the full reality our aging.I encourage you to be gentle and patient when you broach this topic with your parent/parents.Then again, our plans take another direction, our marriage, children and all that child raising entails, children's college, their marriage, first grandchild.In fact, this type of planning often is a very sad and an anxiety producing experience.Often we stop planning since we have reached the ultimate, "paid our dues", "this is my time.Helping an elderly man care for his wife, helping an elderly woman care for her husband, helping a son or daughter care for one or more parents.Never do we see the full picture, the work involved in raising a child, maintaining a marriage, and a career.I have a belief that the Frail Period is just as important and special to the elder and the family as the birth process and first few years of life.But we go on!They were you and you will be them.But we go on!We each have our thoughts, beliefs and prejudices regarding old age and old people but it is not until you live in the shoes of Nike Shox R4 the elderly do you really get a sense of the frailty of advanced age.But no matter how they made you feel, you should always watch elders carefully.

Par falxon4 le mercredi 05 janvier 2011

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