I am sure there are many here with parents who are aging and with limited or no source of income and find yourselves with the responsibility of having to take care of them in one way on another. What are some of the strategies and what are your experiences.

For one I have found it easy to put them on a permanent retainer so that they have a constant income that they manage just the same way they would manage a salary. I find it easier than having to respond to crises and be caught off guard financially.

How are you guys doing it?

@Kusadikika
my dad expired last yr at 107 (we thank God) . Iam sure he was very comfortable for the 13 yrs he couldnt really tell which of his kid was who.

My mom is now 73 (yes, by the time mom was born dad was 36yrs.... and the only wife as far as we know)

She is also very comfortable although going through some after effects of chemotherapy she underwent in 1983-87.


You want to know how we manage? there is no formular. My siblings and I long decided that our parents are our children. I consider my mom my first born. Hence iam doing everything i can to make her very confortable, just like my two kids.

and yes, I talk to her every day. Alzheimer's comes anytime and by the time it does, i want to have had all the conversations i could ever have with her.

My folks are not that old yet, but being the last born, did not see the need for my mum doing shamba work and we could afford to pay shamba boys and girls, then a doctor friend of mine said i should be happy that at 60 she can do that, meaning she is fit and free of ugonjwa za uzeeni because of just sitting around, mine are happy to have the grand children around, so i have made it my duty to collect my nieces and nephews when schools close and drive them to shagz, their parents are more than happy taking a break but my parents cant be happier, however the day i have to pick them up, its like there is a funeral.
Call them and visit them as often, remember most of their friends are dead, at times they want to tell you even the pettiest of things, just listen to them whine, also let them know you care, they do not always need your money and take them for routine medical check-ups especially cancer screening....