Comments on: Tips for Creating a Safety Net for Our Aging Parents – Part 1

By: Silver Alert Program for Seniors | Basic American Comfort

Silver Alert Program for Seniors | Basic American Comfort — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:33:02 +0000

[...] recommended before as part of a Senior Safety Net for Golden Oldies/our aging parents that they wear MedicAlert ID bracelets. These are also used in [...]

By: Implement Nationwide Silver Alerts for Missing Seniors | Tender Loving Eldercare

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:02:31 +0000

[...] recommended before as part of a Senior Safety Net for Golden Oldies/our aging parents that they wear MedicAlert ID bracelets. These are also used in [...]

By: NBOTW - Reaching Out To Our Ancestors | Blogging Without A Blog

NBOTW - Reaching Out To Our Ancestors | Blogging Without A Blog — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:57:08 +0000

[...] lives. For children of aging parents, this blogger shares hints and tips (in a two part series) for “creating a safety net”. One of the things she mentioned is” Have an extra set of keys made for your parents’ home [...]

By: We Interrupt This Regularly-Scheduled Eldercare Blog To Bring You . . . An Earthquake! | Tender Loving Eldercare

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:58:41 +0000

[...] If you can’t get there quickly enough, ask one of their neighbors to do a walk-through with them. Another reason why I recommend you have those phone numbers handy as part of a Senior Safety Net. [...]

By: Tips for Creating a Senior Safety Net for Our Aging Parents - Part 2 | Tender Loving Eldercare

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:18 +0000

[...] Click here for Part 1. [...]

By: Linda Abbit

Linda Abbit — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:56:28 +0000

@ Barbara – Yes, our parents don’t *have* to socialize with their neighbors, but it makes sense to be “neighborly”. It’s nice if the adult children get to know the neighbors well enough that the neighbors recognize the chldren & vice versa.

@ Vered — I’m sorry about your Grandma dying so young! It’s hard for us all not to feel guilty when someone close to us dies, thinking we could have done more. I try to keep in mind that expression about not “should-ing” all over oneself when I hear that brain chatter beginning in my head.

By: Vered

Vered — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:26:50 +0000

These are really important. My grandma died at home, from an acute asthma attack. It took a while for the grownups (I was a child) to realize that something was wrong. They still beat themselves up over whether they could have saved her if they were more alert. She was not even old: she was in fact still young. She was only 58.

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:42:44 +0000

Hi Linda,

These are all great tips. Often neighbors are the best to make friends with. Although many say they have nosy neighbors, they could save the life of our Golden Oldies.