🧵When elderly parents want to talk about their death, most children are either evasive or avoid listening to them. They respond by saying ' why r u talking like this ' ! Can we as children face the truth? No one will live forever. If our parents want to talk about dying +
Hold the space for them,Listen to them, pay attention to what they are saying, help them with #advancecareplanning and reassure them that they have been heard and their wishes will be fulfilled. Remember , they want to talk about it because they know the inevitability of death+
They want to talk about it maybe to feel reassured or maybe allay the fears they have or just voice their wishes on what they would like or how things should be done when death is looming close! +
Each one who is born will be one with death someday!By not acknowledging can we change the way of life! Nope, we can't! Acceptance and support is what our parents need from us.
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