Senior Care

Senior care is a growing issue in this country. More and more people are now provide some level of care for a senior citizen neighbor or relative. Senior care is somewhat of a hidden industry as the amount of time, effort, and money spent on care of seniors is not really recorded. If you visit you senior mother once a week to help her take care of shopping or bills or driver her to health care appointment or to the senior center, you are doing work that would otherwise fall to some social services agency. Many of us are caring for senior citizens with little support or guidance.

My goal is to help people who care for senior citizens with information, resources and pointers. There is information on the internet to help with senior care if you know where to look. There are also blogs by a lot of other people who care for their senior relatives an they are a good source of information and of emotional support.

I "borrowed" this from another website (companionconnectionseniorcare) but I think it is really interesting:

• A recent study by the California Department of Aging estimated that 30% of woman and 17% of men over the age of 75 need some form of assistance with personal care.
• The study went on to show that in the age group 65-79, 17% need some form of assistance.
• In the age group 75-84, 28% need some form of assistance.
• In the age group 85 and older, 49% need some form of personal care assistance.
• The age group 85 and older is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.

This means that there are a lot of us out there and we should work together. Senior care can be enjoyable and rewarding just as much as senior care can be a huge burden.