When it is time for your parent to start any form of home health care, it is not an easy subject to talk about with them. They want to believe they can still function in their daily lives without any assistance yet you know that is not a possibility any longer. They will tell you that they do not want a stranger in their home that is going to be helping to provide them any form assistance. They do not want to face the facts that they do need to have helped and by someone that is not family makes it even harder for them to accept the needed changes in their lives.

Most children take care of their parents. Yet the children have their lives, their own families, their own homes, and their own jobs that take up most of their time. They feel responsible and want to help out their parents but they have limited free time so providing for their parent’s care becomes a complicated task. Some people are faced with the uncomfortable situation of convincing a parent they need to get any form of help from an outside caregiver.

It is very difficult to have one single in depth conversation with a parent hoping they will change their mind or understand. It is better to have several small conversations over a period of time to let the fact be absorbed by the parent.

To increase the likelihood your parents will agree considering giving them an agenda with three or four concepts on a piece of paper and stick to the topics. Let them know it is a difficult subject but it is one that needs to be addressed.

Do not be pushy when you are talking to them, be persuasive stating facts they already know but refuse to acknowledge. Tell them you care about their well-being and are only thinking of them with the needed changes. Give them options and allow them to dwell on the list and options. Be patient since they will generally see they need to make changes.

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