We at www.ParentingOurParents.org understand and share your challenges. It’s never easy taking care of aging loved ones, especially when they get impacted by everything that comes with getting older. As a family caregiver — or someone doing POP (ParentingOurParents) — you shift your primary focus onto another person, putting them
Suicide Rises Among Baby Boomers The New York Times has highlighted the challenges faced by the POP Community in an article published yesterday which examines new findings released by the CDC. CDC Mentions stress of “caring for aging parents” as a significant risk factor. Some of the most shocking findings: The
The Small Business Administration (SBA), AARP and the ParentingOurParents (POP) community join in acknowledging April, 2013 as Encore Entrepreneur Month. By “encore,” we mean that those over fifty can be business “comeback kids,” “second time ‘rounders,” (or third time around, for some) and even have the “chance for a do-over.” It
The challenges people face dealing with Alzheimer’s in their aging parents vary depending on where the elderly parent is found along this long battle with dementia. As elsewhere those parenting parents have a cycle of different challenges. 1. First: insisting your parent goes to a qualified professional to be diagnosed
I can’t believe this day has finally come! I’m extraordinarily excited to welcome you to the launching of the POP community, a global home for those uncounted millions of us who are doing what I call ParentingOurParents or POP. To learn more about POP — what it is and how