The holiday season is a wonderful time of year. Cities are decorated with brightly colored lights, everyone is bustling around and feeling jolly, and your aging loved one is sitting at home worrying about what this holiday season will look like. That doesn’t sound very festive!
But the truth is that holidays can become stressful and depressing for many seniors. As they’ve aged, they’ve perhaps seen favorite traditions fade away, have lost loved ones, and may have felt the financial expectations of holidays are now out of their reach. While things may change, that doesn’t mean your elderly loved ones need to stay home and watch some holiday movies alone. You might just need to help them make a few adjustments so that they can continue to celebrate and enjoy the holidays. Let’s look at three tips to ensure your loved one gets to enjoy some holiday merriment this season.
Have an Abridged Holiday
If holiday travel or an extremely long day at your sibling’s home is too much for your loved one, look at having her participate in some of it so that she can enjoy her time with her family which doesn’t completely exhaust her or overwhelm her. For example, if every year your sibling has the entire family for Christmas breakfast followed by a present opening, and then football watching with snacks, a game night, and Midnight Mass – ask your loved one which part of that long day she most wants to participate in.
Once that’s determined, talk to family members about helping with transportation so your loved one can come and enjoy some of the day and then retire at home before she’s too exhausted. Her companion care at home provider might be able to help with transportation as well.
Reduce the Financial Pressure
Let your aging loved one know she’s not expected to purchase presents for all the grandkids. Having her there at the holiday event is enough. If this is hard for your loved one, have her companion care at home provider bring her over after the presents are opened or visit on a day when that is not one of the activities.
Attending Events Closer to Home
If family members are traveling for the holidays but your loved one is not able to travel, look for local resources to keep her occupied and celebrate the season while she stays at home. Her local senior center may have events, as well as her place of worship. If you are also going to be out of town, ask her companion care at home provider to help with transportation as well as companionship for these events. They can be a great place for her to get to know some new people in the community.
Change during the holidays can be hard for some but having plans to supplement those changes can make it better and even create new traditions to partake in the coming years.
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