The grannies stories of yesterday are still just as captivating as they were when you were a child. Unfortunately in today’s world we have sort of tossed aside the wisdom of the grannies in exchange for our own ideas. We have become literally disrespectful to the aging and we have chosen to hide them away as far from us as possible. Very few of the elderly have had the gracious offer to stay in the family’s home. People have become too busy to look after the grannies of the world and instead have charged their care to strangers, for a rather high price.
What about this is unsettling? We all tend to feel an overwhelming sense of guilt when we opt for extended care for our grannies rather than feel a sense of relief. If we truly feel this guilt then how are we sure we are doing the right thing? Is the guilt just a way we believe we are supposed to feel when we take the elderly to a residential care facility or do we really actually feel this sense of guilt? If we are feeling it then why go through with it when it can be less expensive to hire in home care for an aging family member. If we follow our hearts and we use our heads, we can make a decision without feeling guilty about it, and in most cases the grannies of the world understand and take on their new surroundings with a sense of self pride.
