Geriatric Care Management Blog

You may have heard about the glories of the “only child,” you know….the stories about not having to share with other siblings, about being mom and dad’s favorite.  Well, those of you who have been raised as only children know that it is probably not all that great all the time.  And when it comes to being the only caregiver to older parents, being the only child goes from being special to being on your own.  But it does not have to be. The recession we have experienced over these recent years combined with other social forces makes the one child family the fastest group type of family according to the U.S. Census.  There are currently 20 million families in America today that have only one child, and the percentage of American women having only one child has more than doubled in the past twenty years.  But I am not writing about raising a solo child today; I am looking at the burden of caregiving that falls upon the only child when mom and dad get older and need help. IF you are in the category of...