My old age parents

Let's just say that our parents are proud of being still alive and sufficient in their old age. Thus, they want to stay in their own house, not with their children's family. Your living arrangement is okay. AT least everyone has the chance to be with them once in a while. Or they may visit your abodes for a day or two, but never to stay and feel like they are a burden to their children. But when they are old and weak and sickly already, that's the time when they will permit anyone to house them.

I must be hard growing old and not really being able to look after yourself but your parents are proud people and of course they want there independence but its nice they have such a loving family around them what is willing to look after them in their old age.

My grandmother was one of those people that really wasn't willing to leave her own home either. However, because of the fact that my mother was her only living child, she did agree to live with us for the last several months of her life. The only rule that she had to go with that was that she would be allowed to go and visit her own home on the weekends. So, my grandmother stayed at our house Monday-Friday and then when it was weekend, my mother and her would travel the two hours to my grandmother's house.

Old persons always like their old home because lots of memory are attached from this. They dont want to sell their old home.

I am sorry its a little difficult to have someone with you parents all the time...But just know that they are blessed to still be here and you are lucky to have them.. Family is always important when it comes to times like this when everyone has tonpull together...But it takes a good person to give up themselves for th elderly..You and your family members will certainly be blessed for stepping up to the plate....

I am very happy to know that there has been a deep bond among your family members.Your parents are old,but certainly they are not alone.Even living in a separate house they are living with the whole family.That's really very pleasant.Now a days when joint families are fast becoming a part of history,such love in a family is really so soothing.I know you will take care of your old parents.

You are a wonderful close knit family. The blessing of having children is hopefully someone to take care of you in your old age. Thankfully, your kids will get a chance to talk with their grandparents and hear about their heritage.

Same with my parents, they also don't want to stay with any of us. They said that they become weaker because they don't do anything. So we just invite them to stay for one or two weeks and we let them go back to their place. Good thing one of my brother built his house just few steps from my parents and also one of my sisters. They don't fail to see them everyday. Me and my other sibling see to it that we visit them once a year, maybe summer or Christmas time.

That's really good. I remember your son mentioned about the same in some discussion. yes we should respect their feelings and as they have their memories too. Good to know that you people are taking care of them one by one. But why again they are going to shift to your home or your sisters suddenly?

When people become quite elderly it's important to remember that they can still do things. If you do everything yourself they begin to feel useless. I saw this with my grandmother at my aunt's house. She never let my grandmother do anything. So all the time she just sat in a chair. When she came to visit my mother she let her do little things. My grandmother was senile and when she walked she shuffled her feet and tripped on the rugs, so my mother would give her things like a pile of magazines and ask her to sort them out sitting at the table. My grandmother was so busy for 2 hours! She thought she was helping and she was so happy. That's what really matters. They need to feel useful and part of everything. It's nice that your parents can stay with family. It's better for them.

No alternative to to achieve heaven by loving old parents. They are our angel from heaven. We must treat them as the most valuable antiques in our life museum. We must again try to recognise them and try to uphold our untired esteem for them. May God gives us patience to love our old parents.TC

In my country, we took the responsibility of taking good care for them. Proudly to say that our culture have close-family ties. The tradition is passed from one generation to another.

almost all parents that i know said that too.i think it is because they do not want to be burden for us.but we as their children will not have that mind it is just only at our parents mind because they think they already old,can not do anything,etc