In an ideal world we’d all have open and honest communication with care recipients cr and secrets would be out of the question unfortunately we know this is not the case at some point caregivers must discuss difficult issues with the cr the most important step is to

Try: And develop open communication in addition the following are ways to get the conversation started materials try share an article or magazine story with them about the topic ask permission to talk about the topic with them solicit support from siblings before the meeting ask ‘were you involved in handling your parents affairs how did you do it if the cr does not cooperate you might be forced to do some detective work keep a close eye on the checkbook look for warning signs watch for physical injury such as bruises or limping track how much medicine is being taken and how often prescriptions are being re-filled one other option is to have the cr’s doctor bring up the issue

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