Why Have More Millennials in Wheat Ridge, CO and Surrounding Areas Become Family In-Home Care Providers?
Learn about the unique difficulties millennials face as family in-home care providers in Denver, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Arvada, Lakewood and surrounding cities in Colorado
As baby boomers age, many millennials, ages 25 to 40, have been thrust into the essential role of family caregiver. Ten million millennials are the primary support for aging loved ones in the U.S. Approximately one in four family caregivers is a millennial, according to a 2018 American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) report.
Recently, COVID-19 made many millennials in the Denver area realize that their elderly loved ones needed assistance. Consequently, they assumed the role of caregiver. Luckily, Visiting Angels Denver supports millennial family caregivers by providing in-home senior care services. Our professional in-home care providers can provide the care your loved one needs while giving you room to focus on your own needs.
The Challenges Millennial Caregivers Often Face
Caring for a senior loved one is universally difficult, but millennials encounter some unique issues:
- Stalled careers and delayed education
Millennials are less likely than older caregivers to be advanced in their careers, having less flexibility such as personal time off or paid family leave. This lack of seniority can leave many young caregivers feeling anxious or hesitant about discussing their need for a flexible schedule with their employer. Some may feel the pressure to delay a job promotion or discontinue taking classes toward their degree. - Financial challenges
Although approximately 53 percent of millennial caregivers work full-time, one in three employed millennial family caregivers earns less than $30,000 per year. Also, a significant portion of their income, 27 percent, goes into caregiving expenses, far more than any previous generation of caregivers, according to Millennials: The Emerging Generation of Family Caregivers. - Strained emotions
While caregiving can be emotionally rewarding, it can also cause emotional turmoil. Most millennial caregivers experience significant stress and admit that caring for an elderly loved one has compromised their personal lives.
How In-Home Care Providers from Visiting Angels Denver Can Help Millennial Family Caregivers
Family caregiver support networks in the Denver area are beginning to focus on millennials. Visiting Angels Denver helps relieve the burden and enables them to focus more on their careers, education and personal lives without neglecting their elderly loved ones.
Visiting Angels Denver offers these professional senior care services:
- Personal Care: We assist elderly adults with meal planning and preparation, light housekeeping, errands and transportation to appointments, mobility assistance, medication reminders and personal hygiene.
- Companion Care: We can fulfill your loved one's needs for social interaction and emotional support.
- Social Care: We help seniors utilize modern technologies like email, search engines and video chat programs to stay in touch with friends and family.
- Memory Care: We provide in-home care for seniors living with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, assisting with fall prevention, wandering prevention and sundown syndrome.
- Stroke Recovery Care: We can aid seniors who are recovering from a stroke with personal hygiene, mobility, toileting, incontinence care and transferring and positioning.
- Ready-Set-Go Home: We reduce the likelihood of hospital readmission by creating a transition plan to continue recovery at home.
- Respite Care: We, as professional in-home care providers, offer interim care to allow family caregivers a well-deserved break to relax and recharge.
To learn how in-home care providers from Visiting Angels Denver support both seniors and millennial family caregivers, contact our Wheat Ridge, CO office at 303-990-8148.