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Ways to Lessen the Burden of Looking after Your Elderly Parents While Raising Your Children

December 13, 2019 by Martha Minniti

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By the time that your parents will not have the capability to take care of themselves, the next thing you know is that you are bearing the responsibility of taking care of them. While this is not an issue for you, having this responsibility may make it harder for you to take care of your children.

If you find this overwhelming, you can follow these tips to help make this task bearable.

1.  Keep everything organized.

With all the things that you have to take care of, it would be best to create a functioning schedule that everyone can follow. Make your whole arrangement more doable by following a routine. When you have daily things to do, it will lessen the mistakes that you will commit, and you will most likely finish everything on time. When you keep track of the schedule and the assigned tasks for that specific time, you will be less likely to skip any crucial tasks.

2.  You may need help because you can’t do everything.

When given a responsibility, you always do everything to make sure that you have accomplished it properly. The same goes for taking care of everyone. Attending to the needs of your parents and your kids can be very daunting. The mere fact that you have to deal with two different generations may be too much for you.

With all the household chores and the baby stuff going on, it is hard to insert enough time to attend your parents’ needs. It may be impossible for you to accomplish tasks physically. If that is the case, then it would be best to ask people for help. You can approach various support groups to give you tips on how to handle such responsibilities.

You may also look for people who can take care of your children or your parents when you are at work or when you are running for some errands.

3.  Make everyone feel that they are safe in your home.

The elderly value safety. So, if your parents live with you, be sure that you make them feel that your place is a sanctuary. Assure them that they are staying in a safe place. The space of your home is enough that they do not get hurt as they move around.

Avoid any untoward incidents in your home, as these may cause your parents to be injured.

4.  Consider the idea of changing your job.

When your job prevents you from providing full care to your kids and parents, you may want to consider changing your career. There are a lot of flexible jobs, which can help you attend to your family commitments without sacrificing your income.

You may want to try jobs that give you the capacity to work at home, or jobs that only require you once or twice a day to be at the office. Not only will you be able to check on your kids and parents properly, but you can also save a lot of time and money from commuting.

Taking care of yourself is essential, especially since there are a lot of things on your plate right now. Make sure that you get enough time to sleep and food to eat as you face each day with more and more tasks. Learn to socialize and breathe once in a while.

Filed Under: Elder Care, Gratitude Tagged With: taking care of elderly parents

If You Feel Thankful, Write It Down. It’s Good For Your Health

June 13, 2019 by Martha Minniti

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Did you know that being thankful not only makes you feel better it helps your heart too?

I”m sure you’ve heard people touting the power of gratitude.  Gratitude journaling is so popular these days, you can even buy different kinds of specific gratitude journals, or download apps that remind you to jot down your blessings.

You don’t have to have any of these things to practice gratitude, it’s free.  Even just spending time each day to note your gratitude will pay off.  There’s a growing body of research on the benefits of gratitude. Studies have found that giving thanks and counting blessings can help you sleep better at night.

Gratitude takes very little time, and the benefits are so powerful.

Let’s talk about the benefits of gratitude on you

Gratitude can give you hope.

Research shows that focusing on the positive, in addition to the negative, can boost your mood more than you might expect.

Gratitude improves physical health.

Research has shown that grateful people experience fewer aches and pains and report feeling healthier than other people.

As a result, grateful people are also more likely to take care of their health. They make exercise a priority which also increase feelings of well being and are more likely to attend regular check-ups, which is likely to contribute to further longevity.

Gratitude Improves Your Psychological Health

The positive emotions from gratitude helps to reduce toxic emotions such as emotion, frustration, resentment and regret.

Your gratitude practice will effectively increase feelings of happiness while reducing depression.

Gratitude Improves your Sleep

Going to bed with positive feelings rather than negative feelings makes it easier to drift off to sleep.  Try spending just 15 minutes jotting down a few grateful sentiments before bed, and you may sleep better and longer.

Gratitude Improves Your Self Esteem

Studies have show that a gratitude practice reduces feelings of social comparison to others.  So if you have feelings of jealousy, comparison try gratitude.  Once you lower the social comparisons you make you’ll improve your self-esteem and be able to appreciate other’s accomplishments.

Gratitude Increase Your Mental Strength

Research has shown that it not only reduces stress, it also may help to overcome trauma.   Recognizing all that you have to be thankful for , even during the worst times will help to foster your resilience.

 What works for some people may not work for you

To find what works best for you, try to think about what feels right and what feels natural or meaningful to you. Then pick one method and get started whether is mindful gratitude or jotting down what you’re grateful for each day.

Some may find that a daily dose of gratitude in the morning can be transformative or doing it at night will help you get a better night’s sleep.

Everyone has the ability and opportunity to cultivate gratitude.

Rather than being stuck in the negative complaining about the things you think you deserve, take a few moments today to focus on all that you have.

Developing an “attitude of gratitude” is one of the simplest ways to improve your satisfaction with life and improve your health.

Filed Under: Gratitude, Health Tagged With: gratitude, thankful

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