Why Private Care Services Become More and More Prominent

| Tuesday, April 5, 2011
By Eileen Serapio


The demand for private care services has been increasing through time. Although family members are responsible for taking care of their elders before, caregivers and different institutions are now being hired and given the task of caring for seniors. There has been a very significant difference between the times before and now that made elderly care both a profession and a necessity.

Most parents nowadays want to have fewer kids with all these economic problems at hand. Unlike before when it was easier to raise even a dozen children, more parents now plan their families. What happens then is that there will be only a few children who will share the responsibility of taking care of their seniors. And since caregiving becomes harder, children will then rely on other people to assist the elderly. This is just one reason why the demand for private care services increase as the time flies by. Another thing to look into is the dispersion of family members into different geographical locations. Some move away because they need to start their own families or mostly because of their jobs. And because of this set up, they turn to private caregivers to assist their seniors.

With all these new discoveries in the fields of medicine and science, the life expectancy of us humans increase, specially those who are in their later years. New medicines and treatments most likely improve mental and physical health and at times get rid of certain difficult illnesses. And because the lives of the elderly gets extended, the demand for people who can provide care and assistance for them also go up.

Another important thing to consider is how the structure of the family changed. Women changed from being plain housewives who took care of the rest of the family's needs, the household chores and the care of the elderly. Nowadays, there are more women who choose to have careers instead of spending 100 percent of their time at home. And because of having a lot of responsibilities at work, some of these career women no longer have the time and energy to take care of their elderly parents.

As the incessant need for private care services nowadays persist, family members should already start focusing on sparing some time for their aging parents or loved ones. We'll just never know if the supply of carers will cease to grow. And anyway, although caregivers are professionals and are licensed to provide care and assistance, an hour or two of our time spent with the elderly will actually make them feel a lot better.




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