We all have a role in encouraging sympathetic and supportive care in our nursing homes. So we need to open lines of communication with nursing-home corporate owners plus our legislators to make them conscious of the issues we experience with our loved ones. We, as family caregivers, want respect for our loved one, who has been our vibrant mother, father or spouse and an upstanding citizen with a long career and history. Encouraging and praising compassionate care and working with aides to devise ways to deal with difficult parents. Creating a system of rewards.
Rewards send a clear message as to what is important.
Reducing stress by opening up channels of communication where frustrations could be expressed. Becoming involved in the care planning process, which helps with feelings of being devalued or isolated on the job. Consulting with aides, where suggestions would be encouraged. Actively including aides in family care conferences. Paying aides proper wages with benefits.