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Currently Playing: Why Educating Aging Parents About Care and Costs is the Best Thing Children Can Do for Themselves

Educating aging parents about health care and care costs is the best thing adult children can do for themselves to avoid becoming overwhelmed by caregiving responsibilities. Most adult children become overnight caregivers with no skills to deal with aging parents' health care conditions, or knowing if parents have the money to pay for their care. As a result, children who become caregivers feel stressed, burdened, and worry about money to pay for care. Due to the extensive care needs of elderly parents, the lives of some adult children are derailed by caregiving expectations and needs. In this video, caregiving expert Pamela D Wilson speaks to younger generations, Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers about the importance of initiating family conversations about health care, money, and care costs with aging parents. These conversations can identify early expectations of aging parents around adult children being their caregivers. Younger generations can change generational expectations about family caregiving by educating older parents about health care, care costs, and finances. Education helps parents be more proactive about their health care and save money to pay for it. Parents who are healthier and financially self-sufficient may rely less on their adult children for caregiving needs. Wilson offers practical steps for adult children to learn about health care, money, and care costs so that they can share these experiences and educate aging and elderly parents. For more family caregiver support and advice, resources for aging, and elder care solutions, visit Pamela's website at www.PamelaDWilson.com Schedule a 1:1 elder care consultation with Pamela D Wilson here: https://pameladwilson.com/elder-care-consultant-aging-parent-consultation-managing-senior-care-needs-meet-with-pamela-d-wilson/ Learn about Pamela D Wilson, her professional background, and her experience: https://pameladwilson.com/pamela-d-wilson-story/ Learn about Pamela’s expert witness services: https://pameladwilson.com/conservatorship-guardianship-expert-witness/ Sign up for Pamela’s newsletter here: https://pameladwilson.com/contact/ Invite Pamela to speak to your company or group. Learn more and download a copy of her speaker's kit here: https://pameladwilson.com/caregiving-speaker-aging-parents-expert-advocate-keynotes-presentations-digital-caregiver-programs/ Follow Pamela on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pameladwilsoncaregivingexpert/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pameladwilsoncaregiverexpert/ X: https://x.com/CaregivingSpeak