“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” – Tia Walker

Caring is one of the noblest human behaviors. I believe, when the world was created, it was created to be cared for. Care is the one human emotion that a person is introduced to when he opens his eyes in this waking world. Every human being longs for a sense of comfort and care, from friends, family, and companions. Being cared for is the easiest way to express one’s love for another. It can be shown in many ways, but nothing can be better than the love of a parent.

When a child is born, it is not just the beginning of one life, but three lives. Our parents are also born into a new world, a world where the sole purpose of all existence is us. We become the nucleus of our parent’s world. Their entire lives revolve around us. From teaching us to take our first step to see us become an individual of our own, our parent’s each and every joy, sorrow, and aspiration are tied to us.

However, everything changes when life asks us to make the tough decision to leave our homes. We are compelled to leave our parents behind in order to pursue better opportunities or advance our careers. Often, this distance creates a gap in communication, and slowly we lose ourselves in our lives. It is not us separating our parents, but these circumstances create such norms.

Children who had to travel abroad, either for better opportunities or because it was the dream of their parents, are left with no choice but to be distanced from their beloved parents. There are so many children who have settled abroad but whose hearts still live back in India, with their parents. 

We know and understand that you can’t always be with your parents, and your parents understand it too; hence, there has to be a solution to the same so that your parents don’t ever feel lonely, disappointed, or unworthy. There is a way in which they can transform their lives into a new routine, one that makes them explore new adventures and lets them lead happy lives. When we explore this solution, it is quite obvious to be bombarded with abundant doubts like:

• “My parents must sit back and relax; why should they learn at this age?”

• “Why would I add one more thing to their life?”

• “They have done so much all throughout their life, why should they do anything more?”

When questions like these arise, our response is always:

• “What’s the problem with learning at a later age?” “Learning new things has been proven to be beneficial to brain health and cognitive function.”

• “You’re not adding just a new task, you’re planting a seed of opportunity in their life. A seed that can grow into a beautiful tree with time.”

• “All of the things that your parents have done were for a purpose, for a goal, but now is the time for them to enjoy their life, explore new hobbies and have lots of fun in doing that.”

   

Growing older brings new challenges. When our parents get older, their bodies become too weak to bear the testing times. So it is better to start at an early stage. When our parents are nearing the age of retirement, we can get them enrolled in activities that resonate with their interests. They can start painting, singing, or even participating in marathons. Urging our parents to do so is the type of early care that can keep them from developing diseases later in life.

“Why do diseases occur?”  

With old age, problems like Alzheimer’s and dementia sneak in. With your parents getting older, their control over themselves loosens, which results in them becoming dependent on medical care. However, the only way to lessen the likelihood of such issues occurring is by being more aware and making plans in advance. Combating the stressors that come with aging is the best thing you can do for your loved ones. Studies have shown how physical and mental activities can be beneficial for aging seniors. Thus, keeping the mind and body active can be the key to good health.

There are many ways to lessen the possibility of developing anxiety and depression in later life. Making the necessary preparations to ensure our loved ones are taken care of can enable them to fully appreciate their senior years. Thus it’s crucial to reduce the amount of stress and anxiety that aging brings.

“What can you do now that your parents are enjoying their later years?”

The answer is simple: choose early care over elderly care, and choose to make them so happy, active, and independent in their lives that stress, loneliness, and depression never knock at their door. There are multiple ways to achieve this. It can include making sure they are doing the things they enjoy in life, that they are still focusing on their mental health, or even talking to them about being socially active.

Building a hobby goes a long way on this journey. A hobby keeps one actively engaged, making them more positive and creative in life. This can be done when your parents are just around the age of retirement. Asking them to take one hour out of their schedule to try a new hobby can prove beneficial in making them realize that life won’t just be boring after retirement and that there are still endless oceans left to dive deep into.

At SeniorBees, we have been working to make these senior years as easy as possible for you and your loved ones. Age is not a burden, but rather an opportunity to cultivate one’s inner talents and desires. We focus on providing programs that are designed to keep your parents actively involved.

Taking the steps necessary to provide your loved one with what they need to age sets them up for ease

in their older years. This can be done in a variety of ways, like making sure they are doing the things they enjoy in life and that they are still focusing on their mental health, and whether they’re socializing or not.

SeniorBees comes in to provide the perfect support that you and your parents need. We are aware of how critical it is to maintain physical and mental fitness in order to fend off serious aging-related illnesses. We offer a wide range of initiatives aimed at keeping seniors engaged, introducing them to social groups, assisting them in picking up new hobbies, and assisting them in doing all of this with a friend, their own “Buddy.” Buddies are one’s companions and lone supporters who help them when no one else can. Everyone needs a buddy! As a result, we made it our goal to give each senior citizen a buddy for their later years. 

It can be hard to have conversations about the changes our loved ones need in their senior years.

But the importance of early care over elderly care for our elders comes from making sure the pace of life doesn’t slow down or become monotonous. Instead, we’re trying our best to make it more interesting and adventurous with each new day.

At SeniorBees, we believe that “There are no strangers here, only friends you haven’t met.” Thus, it is your decision to take the first step and to reach out to us, and we will make sure that the next step that your parents take will not be alone.