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How to balance work and family life while caring for an elderly relative

Written by the experts at Trinity Healthcare. With life expectancy increasing, many families now find themselves caring for elderly parents / relatives well into their own adulthood. While caring for a loved one can be incredibly rewarding, it also brings significant challenges, especially for those balancing the demands of a young family, work and personal well-being. To support you on this journey, the professional carers at Trinity Homecare have compiled some practical tips and resources to help you achieve a healthier balance between caregiving, family life and personal wellbeing.

Are you using grandparents for childcare?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Childcare is usually at the top of any parent’s mind whether they just need someone to have the children for them to go to an appointment or if it is more permanent for them to go back to work. This is often where grandparents come in. They might offer to help or you might find yourself in the position where you ask them - either way there are a few things to consider when thinking about using grandparents (or indeed friends / other relatives) for childcare.

GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom8 January 2024parenting, families, parenting tips, top tips, listen, communication, tolerance, communications, problem solving, grandparent childcare, grandparents, grandparent tips, grandparent relationships, open communication, family childcare, childcare, grandparents childcare

How To Improve Your Everyday Life!

By Holly Dodd. My name’s Holly I have a passion for writing content based on my personal life as well as what’s going on in the world around me as I believe it can bring different insights into my readers’ lives. This article was inspired by my past grandparents, I believe it’s so important to spend time with your elders and try to gain as much knowledge as you can from them. They have lived a life full of problems they’ve had to face, meaning they have got experience with issues you might be facing at this moment in time. They didn’t have access to the internet or advanced technologies they had to figure out how to navigate their own lives, allowing them to understand what a good decision looks like.

It’s a well-known fact that some of the best advice you can receive comes from those who have been around long before us. Every generation has its own unique set of experiences and knowledge to offer, and it’s important to take note of these lessons and strive to pass them on to your younger family members and friends. That’s why in this blog, I’m going to be exploring some of the pieces of advice that should be passed down from generation to generation.

Other, GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom24 February 2023parenting, families, parenting tips, top tips, parent coach, grandparents, advice, generational advice, life hacks, life tips

Should I make my child hug people?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. This is something that most parents have to deal with at some time or another with their child/ren and family members. Hugs and kisses are a way in which we show our affection to each other and often, as adults, we will greet people or say goodbye with a hug or a kiss, but we often know when not to as this isn’t something everyone feels comfortable with.

Other, Behaviour, Lockdown, GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom9 March 2022parenting, families, parenting tips, child development, parent consultations, parenting podcast, have a good cry, hugs, consent, should I make my child hug, NSPCC, NSPCC PANTS rules, PANTS rules, Healthy relationships

My parents help me with the childcare for my two children. I am very grateful for their help, but I find that they don’t do things as I would like and I don't know how to approach it with them.

Reply from Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. This is a very common situation for many people who have family members providing childcare for them. When we have to raise any issues with those who care for our children it can be tricky, but when it is a family member this adds an additional layer of difficulty. It is understandable that you do not want to upset your parents ultimately you want to maintain a close and special relationship. However, if you don’t raise the issues that you have, this will lead to you becoming more frustrated and only end up causing a more awkward and difficult situation between you all. It is really important that you avoid getting to this stage!

GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom6 August 2020parenting, families, parenting tips, top tips, listen, communication, tolerance, communications, problem solving, grandparent childcare, grandparents, grandparent tips, grandparent relationships, open communication, family childcare

Grandpa's role

Written by Roger Ashelford. After the initial excitement of the news that we were going to be grandparents I started to think of all the lovely things we would be able to do with our grandchildren as they grew up! The very early years were wonderful for the cuddles and watching the development of these small people, the smiles and the start of language but I knew I was going to become more ‘useful’ as they all got older.

GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom5 August 2020families, grandparent tips, granny, grandparent, pride, excitement, grandchildren, being a grandparent, support, Grandpa

Being a Granny

Written by Thirza Ashelford. I will never forget the moment I was told I was going to be a grandparent. Our son and his partner had arrived one Friday evening, ostensibly to stay for the weekend and visit friends in the town. We chatted in the kitchen while I made dinner when our son announced that they had something to show us. The “something” was a twelve week scan photograph of our first grandchild. That moment of transition from being a parent to becoming a grandparent was thrilling, exciting and at the same time somewhat overwhelming.

GrandparentsRebekah Frankcom4 August 2020families, grandparent tips, granny, grandparent, pride, excitement, grandchildren, being a grandparent, support

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