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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The are very similar--it's about time employers recognize it too and accommodate those that take care of elderly.[/quote]

Neither should be "accommodated."  [/quote]

So people with a terminally ill parent should just not make a living anymore????[/quote]

Most elderly care is not for terminal people and then you bring in hospice and other supports.  This has nothing to do with employment.  [/quote]

That's not how reality works for many of us.  I'm glad you can do it, but for me, elderly care took a toll on my career and hospice could only do so much.  What do you do when it's not within 6 months of death, but the condition is still serious.  [/quote]

I did 24/7 care for about a year then nursing home and was still there frequently and managing everything.  It was a ton of work but it doesn't have to do with employment. You do it nights/weekends/hire a caregiver/nursing home.  You make it work.  We did it for years.[/quote]

No.  I couldn't do 24/7 care like that.  I love my parents but my own health, husband and kids are my priority.  This idea that we somehow owe it to our parents to destroy the quality of our own lives in order to make their final years comfortable is just...so very wrong.  I would never expect my children to forgo their own happiness and independence like that.

As a parent, I owe it to my kids to give them the best start in life that I know how to give them.  That is my job.  I hope they will visit me but I do not want them to feel obligated to take care of me.

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