Decision Points: When Do You Call in Professional Caregiving Help and What Kind Do You Get?

For most of us, caregiving sneaks up gradually. We start helping our elders a little here and a little there. However, as illness and frailness of age drain vitality from our elders they need more care. This is when the adult child often has to make some touchy decisions. There are, of course, times when sudden changes occur with an elder, as with a stroke. Even then, however, the elder is generally hospitalized and upon returning home, would qualify for some nursing care paid for by Medicare. However, when that care stops, the adult child in this situation is in the same predicament as the person who had caregiving sneak up on her.

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