CC Mods:
I am requesting a new sub-forum for the Parent Cafe, to discuss the issues of caring for elderly parents. This is a subject which comes up again and again in the Caf
I agree. This is becoming an active thread; the topic is one that impacts many of us who also have college-aged students. It would be helpful to quickly be able to check in on a sub-forum, since as LasMa stated above, threads often do get lost or buried. Thanks for considering this!
Another vote for a sub-forum. We have a lot of sub topics to discuss, which are are already getting buried in the current thread. It would be helpful to have a place where specific topics could be discussed, such as dementia, assisted living, taking the car keys, long distance care, sharing the responsibility with siblings, and finances. As is the custom on CC, we could all benefit and learn from each other. Please consider our request. Thanks.
Another vote for a sub forum. It seems as if every wek/month we are having a different issue which I know was discussed in the one looooong thread. Its very time consuming to re- read through the thread finding specific references. Please consider creating this new sub forum. Thank you.
Another vote … the thread the OP mentioned is only about a week old and is growing quickly with multiple topics all intertwined in the discussion. In addition, this is VERY important topic to CC target audience … having this forum would be a great service to the community. Great idea LastMa!
Another vote here!
Another vote for a sub- forum as well!
A sub-forum would be very helpful and much appreciated.
Please mods - - way too many topics for one thread. A subforum would be great!!
Also would love to see a sub-forum! As with the raising and educating of children, the care of aging parents is a constantly changing, ever adapting, each day a new issue or concern endeavor. It would be very helpful to have a place to go for information and advice from other CC members!
Another vote here. There are so many aspects to this issue that so many of us are dealing with that it would be nice to have a “one-stop shopping” site to go for support, questions, advice.
The best thing about a sub-forum would be that each of us can post when the issue is critical to us and others can read that when the issue arises for them. I know one can do a search, but many readers are less familiar with those functions.
The elder care issue and relative postings are valuable whether the posts are recent or old, the issue remains the same.
Great idea, LasMa!
Another “yes please!” for a subforum. As you all know the combined wisdom and experience of CC members is vast. And I’m beginning to find out that the world of elder care is even more treacherous than the world of college admissions, because if you make a wrong choice the correction is far more complex than a transfer application.
Thanks in advance for your consideration!
I’d like a special forum dedicated to these topics, in a more organized system. These issues can pop up at any time, (and, they have in our family) and having a special forum would make it so much easier for us to connect.
Agree this would be a valuable addition to this community
I agree that this would be helpful. So many of us are dealing with elderly parents and college age children at the same time.
A great idea…I’m all for it!
Most parents of college age children are going to be impacted by this topic. I would love to be able to get the support from the same people who were so helpful on college related issues.
The moderating team has discussed the request, and the consensus is not to add a subforum. These topics are appropriately discussed in the Parent Cafe.
However, there is no reason that all discussions must be maintained in a single thread in the Cafe. Please feel free to begin any threads you wish on any individual topics.
Thank you.
Chedva,
We have done individual threads on separate topics in the past, many times. As I said above, they drop off the front page of the forum within a day and are thus not visible unless one knows to search for them.
However, we appreciate your consideration.