How many people take care of their parents?

I congratulate you! you are a great daughter. I think your mother was a very good mother that raised person like you. And like you say she deserve your care, maybe your kids can help her, in some ways. I am happy that your mom survived of cancer!

You've been through a lot my dear and I admire you for being such a loving and responsible daughter to your parents. Not all children can do that to their parents. When parents are old many children just put them in a nursing home and would just visit on weekends while some would not even visit at all. Well, history repeats itself. What you sow you will reap. I believe when you are old, your children will also take care of you. God bless your heart!

My parents live in Florida, while I live in Michigan. So I don't take care of them, on the basis we live in two different states. My mom is in her mid sixties and my dad in his early seventies, but they still are able to drive around and take care of themselves. I however, help my aunt with taking care of my grandmother who just turned ninety years old this year. She is wheelchair bound. Therefore, she requires assistance in transferring onto her bed, in and out of the car, and so on. We are under strict orders from her doctor not to leave her home alone for any length of time, because if she falls or something, she'd need someone there to help her. My aunt and I make sure she doesn't fall, in that we use the utmost care when transferring her. We take her out for a drive in our car so she can get some fresh air, and to prevent her from getting depressed. We also like to take her shopping, or the three of us would have lunch together a couple times a week at one of our local restaurants, when it's nice out. Or we spend some time together at home watching a good DVD movie, and then talk about it when the movie ends.

Hi Scooter! You are such an admirable person. Not everyone has the patience in taking care of their parents. Oftentimes, they will endorse this work to private nurses. My parents are both on 70+ age and i am glad that they have not been that sickly. Both are hypertensive. Since i am the one with a medical background in the family, i am tasked to check up on them whenever their blood pressure rises. It can really get tiring especially if they wake you up in the middle of the night just to monitor on them. Taking care of parents sure requires a looooooot of patient and a looooooooot of love.

Parents are the person that birth us. Because of them, we appear in this world. Nowaday, people often say 1 parents can take care of 10 children but 10 children cannot even take care of 1 parents. So, we must take care of parents although they are sick. Don't leave them. Don't send them away as it will make them sad. Keep on taking care of your mother. If cannot, get a maid to take care of her. God bless you.

i love my family much and more. Even I give my life for them, that much I love them. I provide them my care,love and my affection towards them. I am always busy with my job but still i find time for serving them. I love my parents much and more. I lock my parents inside my heart.

Kudos to you for being a good son. When my Dad got sick, all of us children helped each other in taking care of him. Even my sister who's already married came back and live again in our house with her husband so that they can be of help anytime we need their help. I believe that as children we owe it to our parents to take care of them when they are old, especially when they are sick. Even the Bible states that we should honor our father and mother.

I don't take care of mine as such yet, but I am starting to notice that I have to do a little bit more around the house than I might have used to do because of the simple fact that they're just not fast enough to do it themselves anymore. This is usually stuff like washing and ironing; they still cook and clean for themselves which is good because they are both very independent people. I know that I will be the one who does look after them when I need to, but for now we're happy just carrying on the way we have been doing.

Not many, I think the children when they grow up they want to live their own lives with freedom and parents could make them feel they are being hold back.

Your mother must be very proud of you. My parents are living in my hometown but I'm working in another city. It is not very far away from my home, but I didn't come back home very often, just one call one week. That's really not enough.

I don't have to take care of my parents but I used to take care of my grandma. And yes, it's very tiring for those who are not always at home. I know that you love too much your mom, but if you can't handle well, there are people that can help you. You can take her to a retirement house. You can still visit her many times and you can take her to your house sometimes if you want and they can take care of her all day long. Think about it!! Rod

I think many people now a days are not taking care of their parents. They just need to make their life comfortable and happy. Its a sad news to all the parents.

Well that's good. I actually admire those people who pays back to their parents. Even though it's not through monetary but the love and concern is better than that. Actually, it is much appreciated if you are really there beside your parents and took care of them when they get sick. They would indeed feel happy about that. I know these things because I was once assigned in a home for the aged. These are actually my realizations when I was still having my on job training there. My heart was really touched with the different stories of the elders there. And mind you, it is really touching when you took care for your parents. I hope your mother could get well already. Your life is quite difficult but I know you can get all through this. Have faith, God will soon reward those children who obeys and love their parents. :)