The old age not only does people wiser. People weaken, their habits, tastes and character change, all of them make a compromise less often. But parents will always remain parents, and, having turned into category of old men, all of them will also need attention and respect of own children, but without receiving it, to suffer and continue to worry.
Instruction
1. Do not deprive of parents of the attention. In old age its absence is felt more than ever, the circle of contacts of elderly people is rather narrow, and interests are still concentrated on own family. If you live separately, not only call, but also come to your parents more often.
2. Ask parents of council, talk to them about their life – it can really be useful to you. Conversing with parents in an open and frank manner, you show to them the love and respect for their experience.
3. Live separately from parents till that time while there is such opportunity, and your parents are rather healthy and do not demand a special care. Old men hard get used to the new place and at you will be much less reasons for irritation and the conflicts which are periodically arising at cohabitation.
4. Care for the parental house. Help them to keep order in the house and to keep a cosiness. Make so that in it it was most convenient to old men.
5. Help parents to be busy, then they will have less time for senile melancholy. It can concern housekeeping if you live together, the help with children, performance of simple instructions. At any age it is important to parents to feel that they are necessary and cope with the duties.
6. Try not to quarrel with parents – in trifles you will not remake them, and quarrels on fundamental issues can strongly affect their health and a mental state that, eventually, will concern also you. It is rather difficult to make it, but the world in family is worth it.
7. Care for health of parents. Listen to their complaints. Try to be periodically on reception at the doctor together with them.