You probably need to go to a nursing home
This is something common for those seniors who live alone because their children relocated to another part of the town or even outside it. And while you may be worried about your parents’s health and want them to be safe, telling them they shouldn’t be living alone anymore isn’t exactly the best approach. In fact, they can get even more scared and think they’re useless.
For instance, try to express with kindness your concern that living alone increases the possibility that anything could go wrong and that no one will be there to support them.
By using this kind of approach, you could find out that your elderly parent receives daily check-ins from friends or postal carriers, or that your parent is concerned about themselves and wants to talk about possibilities like installing an emergency alert system or thinking about moving into a nursing home.
It’s also important to assure your parents that you will visit them regularly, even if they decide to go to a nursing home, so they won’t feel alone or rejected.
I will have to admit that I’m a senior now and those subjects could & can be hurtful. Thank you for printing an article on it. A lot of children of the AGED may not think about the subject because they are insensitive, greedy, don’t want to be tied down with their aging parents, etc. I do hope there are more that are sensitive and caring.