When Roles Reverse: Caring for Parents in Our 60s

Constance and Lori speak to Ramsay Ringo, a career coach and expert on caring for elderly parents. We discuss the unique challenges of supporting aging parents when you are in your 60s yourself. Ramsay emphasizes the importance of a simplified approach to avoid overwhelming caregivers, and provides many practical tips. We explore the tension between ensuring the safety of elderly parents and respecting their desire for independence and autonomy.  We also cover the complexities of coordinating care across different family members and locations, and ways to talk to our adult children about caring for elderly parents. Finally, Ramsay coaches us on practical ways to prepare for our own aging. Please join us for this very constructive discussion.

And don’t forget to hang around for our “After Thoughts” where Lori and Constance unpack the episode and chat about our thoughts on what we heard. 

SHOW NOTES

If you are interested in learning more about Ramsay’s work, check out her website: https://www.ramsayringo.com/

Ramsay collaborates with clients who are looking to make an impact and:

o   Take meaningful steps toward a new or first job

o   Change their professional focus or industry

o   Pursue a professional position after time focusing on family

o   Tackle a big mid-life shift using decades of experience to do something with extra meaning

o   Or to pursue the ultimate career shift, retirement and living into the third and fourth quarters of a values driven life. 

We were also lucky enough to persuade Ramsay to share one of her original poems with us: 

Scared

Scared, Sad, Impatient 
Scared, Mad, A Patient
Scared, Bad, and Chasing
The Whole, Kind Mom
Now a Hole, Kind Child
Taught us how to Parent
Now we aught to Parent
Scared, Sad
Scared

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