Are You A Baby Boomer: Caring For Baby Boomers In Their Own Homes

With proper health care, you or your baby boomer could live to be 100 years if age, or even older.

Senior care is becoming a major concern in North America, particularly because there are thousands of baby boomers living in our era. By baby boomers, I am referring to those people who were born after World War 11.

The big problem for baby boomers, lies in the reality that very soon, there are not going to be enough nurses, personal support workers or even family members to care for them, or for you, if you are a baby boomer.

Hospitalization or nursing home care may not be feasible or possible for the majority of baby boomers and other seniors, in spite of the fact that it will be needed by many of them. For a number of elderly seniors, it may mean twenty four hour care, seven days per week.

The actual cost of hospitalization and health care is extremely high and many of them will not be able to afford the kind of care that they will need.

What can we do to rectify this situation? Everyone of us has seniors in our lives, many of whom are in baby boomer status already or beyond that age.

Can baby boomers and other seniors be cared for in their own homes? Definitely.

Ten tips for managing senior care in the home of the baby boomer:

1. Seniors are generally comfortable in their own homes, with their family members and in amongst their own belongings. To take them out of that environment may result in dis-orientation. They are also accustomed to the food, the temperature, the air, etc. and changing any, or all of that, may result in other, more serious problems. They are used to having people come and go in their lives as well. This is the world that they know.

2. Safety is a major concern and the majority of seniors feel safe at home. In fact, most of them have already instituted some kinds of safety precautions for themselves, although this is not always the case. One of the first things that must be taken into consideration is whether or not the baby boomer or senior is safe. If the senior is not safe in his or her own environment, immediate action is necessary on the part of the family or designated care giver.

3. In taking a serious look at health care in the home of the senior, it is always a good idea to do an assessment of the environment, in the light of what is currently happening in the life of the senior. This can be done quite easily, by spending

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