End of Life Care: Dealing With Grief In Senior Care

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Grief Support for Seniors Can Be Very Challenging

We all need grief support when an elderly loved one needs more assistance than you are able to provide. Outside or facility elderly care is often the obvious option when ADLs become too great for the family to assist with. Senior care becomes end of life care when it becomes apparent that the natural cycle of life is taking its course, and the end is near and inevitable.

In these situations, care can turn to grief. As prolonging the individual’s life becomes more of making them as comfortable as possible in the time they have to enjoy those Golden Years. End of life care can still involve many medications and treatments, but these are generally more oriented towards pain and symptom management.

End of life care can be challenging for family care givers and there are many options to consider. In addition, difficulty of seeing our loved ones, who may have cared for the caregiver at one time, in a helpless state, anticipating the end while trying to keep the individual happy and comfortable can be difficult and stressful. It’s important for caregivers to have as much grief support as possible during this time.

Caregiver Needs During End of Life Care Grief

As the primary caregiver for a loved one facing the end of life, there will be a number of needs you should address, including the following issues.

Practical Assistance: Your loved one may need help bathing, eating, using the bathroom, getting dressed and with other daily activities. These are certainly activities you can do as a care giver, but it will be to your advantage to have the assistance of a personal care expert or nurse, especially if you are not particularly skilled in these areas of care.

Comfort: Your loved one may be in serious need of comfort during this time. They may be frightened, depressed, lonely, or experiencing a myriad of other emotions. While you will do your best to alleviate these fears, having someone to share your experiences with can help you from falling into the same emotional pits as your loved one. The stronger you are able to be, the more help you can be to your loved one during this intensely emotional time.

Grief Support: Anticipating the death of a loved one can give rise to a range of emotions, everything from anger to sadness to relief to guilt. Understanding these emotions and having someone who can help you through them will be extremely important during this difficult time.

Placement for End of Life Care

If your loved one has needed the benefits of assisted living for some time now, it can be even more important for them to continue with a qualified care facility during this time. The right hospice placement can allow you to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones while making sure all of their physical and pain management needs are cared for by professionals with access to the necessary tools, experience and equipment.

This can also take some of the burden off of you as the caregiver, leaving you better equipped to be there for your loved one in their final hours.

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Professional Support for Care Givers in Portland and Northern CA

If you are looking to place a loved one in a hospice care environment in Portland, or you feel that you need to move your loved one from their current care facility to one better equipped to handle end-of-life issues, please contact Golden Placement Services right away.

Golden Placement Services has a team of highly experienced professionals that can help you sort out all the choices and information available to you as someone seeking placement for your ailing loved one in the Portland Metro or Northern California areas.

We’ll help you find just the right situation at no additional charge. The peace of mind that comes with knowing that your loved one is in a place where they will be cared for is truly priceless. Golden Placement Services can help make that a reality today.

 

Transition Living Situations for Your Elderly Loved One

If you have a senior in need of care in the Portland or Northern California areas and you aren’t sure how to find the right living situation, contact Golden Placement Services today. We are experts in placing seniors in the living situation that is just right for them. Our specialists do all the legwork, gathering the information we need for the perfect placement, locating the appropriate communities, and taking you on tours to help ensure the right match.

Placing a beloved senior in a new living situation can be a difficult transition for both you and your loved one. To make it easier and secure your peace of mind, let Golden Placement Services help you find the right home.

 

Navigate New Housing with the specialists at Golden Placements:

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Diane Delaney, Placement Specialist Extraordinaire

Diane Delaney, Golden Placement Services
Diane Delaney

Delaney is the founder of Golden Placement Services. She began this business with a healthy dose of compassion for  helping families make educated decisions regarding senior placement. Focused to relieve stress in uncertain senior housing crucial moments.  Diane brings about loving change of lifestyle with grace. Additionally, Diane is an accomplished executive manager, Director of Operations in senior housing. Emphatically, she enjoys sharing her full spectrum experience of transition process for older family members.   Read more from Senior Placement Specialist Diane: Ultimate Senior Living Resource Guide >>


LaVona Tomberlin, Senior Placement Specialist

LaVona Tomberlin
LaVona Tomberlin

Tomberlin brings a high level of education and experience to you as your Senior Placement Specialist at GPS. She loves writing about improving the lives of Elderly working in private care and in-home care for over 36 years. Geriatrics, Memory Care. Plus, she holds Master of Psychology Behavioral Health with the goal of advocating for those who needed a voice. Basically, LaVona believes helping families make good decisions relieves stress in uncertain times makes life worthwhile! Learn More: Read articles from Placement Specialist LaVona: End of Life Transition a heart felt Guide >>

Gwenn McNeal
Gwenn McNeal
2023-03-09
Golden Placement Services answered! It’s really difficult to have to place an aging parent into a facility, but our family knew it was time. So I did some research, called 15 facilities, and managed to get on one wait list. I also called two companies that assist with finding homes, and they said they could not help. We were concerned we wouldn’t find a place, and if we did, it could be a very poor choice for our dad. Then I was given Golden Placement Services phone number and I spoke with a lovely woman named LaVona. That’s when everything changed! LaVona listened to our family’s needs, was understanding, and within days, she had arranged places for us to visit. How she found them, I don’t know, but she did! She met us there, listened some more, answered questions, and offered sage advice. We will forever be grateful for Golden Placement Services help in making this very tough decision. We absolutely know that my dad is in the right place to spend the rest of his life. And, we wouldn’t have that assurance today, had we not been connected with their wonderful service! They have blessed us greatly and we are sharing their information with others we know who are going through the same process.
Maureen S.
Maureen S.
2022-10-18
Our family is so grateful for Diane and her company. They have helped us, two times find placements for our family members. We are now working now to find a great situation for another elderly family member.. Best thing, THEY CARE about each client and their wellbeing... THANK YOU, Diane
Addison Inman
Addison Inman
2019-05-31
What a great resource for seniors in this area. Great, honest work. Very knowledgeable.
Denise R
Denise R
2013-03-23
They were very helpful and while being professional, kind and caring. They were thorough in trying to find the best arrangement for our situation and followed-up to make sure client's new arrangements were satisfactory. I highly recommend them.

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