What Are Some Good Ways to Tell My Family I Will Be Putting Them in Assisted Living?
If you are now faced with the difficulty of putting one of your loved ones in assisted living you may be asking yourself what the best way to tell them is.
You are probably worried that they will feel less loved by you or feel like you are abandoning them.
You may also worry about them giving up on life once they have moved into an assisted living community.
This article is meant to give you some ideas on how to bring up the idea of putting a family member in a nursing home or assisted living home.
Not all of these ideas may work for your loved one but they should give you some good ideas on what to say.
The first idea is to ask a lot of questions to your family member and try to coax them in a way to bring up the idea on their own.
For instance you could ask if your family member worries about being alone and needing help with no-one around.
You could ask them if they are lonely while you are away or in need of some friendships.
As you begin to ask these questions your family member may bring up the idea of moving to a home that offers constant care and friendships with others in their age group.
If you approach this difficult subject in this way you are bound to have better results than some of the alternative ways.
If your family member will in no way bring up the idea on their own you can go the other route which is expressing your concern with being able to provide for or take care of them.
You can talk to them about your worries and concerns for their safety and well being.
You can them follow up with the idea of moving them into a community that has others their age and a support staff on hand if they need it.
No matter how you bring this up to a family member you will probably find that it will be very difficult.
As long as you have good intentions and are very kind and thoughtful of your family members feelings they will be receptive to you and your kindness to them.
The last thing your family wants to feel is abandoned and left to live the rest of their lives out on their own.
Instead reinforce that you care about and worry about them and would rest better knowing they are taken care of and happy.
You are probably worried that they will feel less loved by you or feel like you are abandoning them.
You may also worry about them giving up on life once they have moved into an assisted living community.
This article is meant to give you some ideas on how to bring up the idea of putting a family member in a nursing home or assisted living home.
Not all of these ideas may work for your loved one but they should give you some good ideas on what to say.
The first idea is to ask a lot of questions to your family member and try to coax them in a way to bring up the idea on their own.
For instance you could ask if your family member worries about being alone and needing help with no-one around.
You could ask them if they are lonely while you are away or in need of some friendships.
As you begin to ask these questions your family member may bring up the idea of moving to a home that offers constant care and friendships with others in their age group.
If you approach this difficult subject in this way you are bound to have better results than some of the alternative ways.
If your family member will in no way bring up the idea on their own you can go the other route which is expressing your concern with being able to provide for or take care of them.
You can talk to them about your worries and concerns for their safety and well being.
You can them follow up with the idea of moving them into a community that has others their age and a support staff on hand if they need it.
No matter how you bring this up to a family member you will probably find that it will be very difficult.
As long as you have good intentions and are very kind and thoughtful of your family members feelings they will be receptive to you and your kindness to them.
The last thing your family wants to feel is abandoned and left to live the rest of their lives out on their own.
Instead reinforce that you care about and worry about them and would rest better knowing they are taken care of and happy.