How to Deal with Aging Parents. Best 5 tips if an Older Parent Refuses to see a Doctor

How to deal with an aging parent if an older person keeps refusing to see the doctor for their memory or thinking problems? Dr. K explains 5 tactics to try, to convince them to take this step that is so important for their health and wellbeing. #memoryloss #aging #alzheimer

Learn what to say and what to avoid saying, to persuade your parent to go to the doctor for memory loss, even if they’re reluctant to go.

Even though it’s very common for people with memory loss to resist seeing a doctor for these problems, you can learn to persuade them with these five tips.

Video Chapters:
00:00 If an Aging parent won’t go to the doctor
00:35 How to convince your aging parent to see a doctor?
01:05 Why evaluation for memory loss is important
02:02 Before insisting on the evaluation
02:59 Why aging adults don’t want to get evaluated for memory loss
04:24 5 ways to encourage your parent to get medically evaluated
07:04 Ask yourself these questions to help your aging parent get evaluated
07:42 What if you don't succeed in convincing your aging parent to see a doctor?
07:57 Do you need to consider incompetence or mental capacity issues?
09:35 If you’re feeling frustrated with your aging parent

LEARN – ONLINE COURSES:

Helping Older Parents with Memory Loss:

Caregiving Tips for Aging Parents – HOP: Helping Older Parents:

She has been running “Helping Older Parents” online courses and group coaching programs since 2018, and is the author of the book “When Your Aging Parent Needs Help: A geriatrician's step-by-step guide to memory loss, resistance, safety worries, and more.”

Dr. K and her team of expert geriatric care managers currently provide ongoing support and guidance to families dealing with memory loss and Alzheimer’s through her latest online course, Helping Older Parents with Memory Loss.

WATCH Episode #2 – 10 Causes of Memory Loss in Old Age

WATCH Episode #4 – What are ADLs and IADLs:

WATCH Episode #5 – How ADLs and IADLs change in early Alzheimer's:

WATCH Episode #6 – 10 Warning Signs of Early Alzheimer's Disease – HOP ML Podcast

WATCH Episode #7 – Talk to your Aging Parent about Memory Loss Concerns:
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Dr. Kernisan's website, podcast, and YouTube channel all provide easy-to-follow instructions on how to deal with common health issues that affect the elderly.

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⏱ Video Chapters:
00:00 If an Aging parent won’t go to the doctor
00:35 How to convince your aging parent to see a doctor?
01:05 Why evaluation for memory loss is important
02:02 Before insisting on the evaluation
02:59 Why aging adults don’t want to get evaluated for memory loss
04:24 5 ways to encourage your parent to get medically evaluated
07:04 Ask yourself these questions to help your aging parent get evaluated
07:42 What if you don't succeed in convincing your aging parent to see a doctor?
07:57 Do you need to consider incompetence or mental capacity issues?
09:35 If you’re feeling frustrated with your aging parent

[gregreinhart]

Thanks for the excellent information and advice!

[francesbernard]

How do we help an aging parent who is coping with the opposite extreme when going every 3 months to see their family doctor and when dutifully going to their recommended referalls to see specialist doctors too after they have been on top of everything else they have been diagnosed with so far as having most only dementia.? While knowing full well that around 75% of the time a diagnosis of demetia is instead a misdiagnosis which is called Septicemia no longer being well controlled with anti-biotics. Like for example when she is having to undergo emergency surgery for a broken other hip while at the time remaining on a waiting list to get the other hip replacement surgery redone? Like for example when in a family meeting next with a surgeon who seems only concerned with everyone there understanding that the only main thing everyone should be concerned about ever is making sure that parent remains restrained and tied to their bed so they don't ever pick at their long wound secured only with narrow plastic strips while they are trying to sleep too after being discharged from the post op room?