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I've been where you are.

The worry. The late nights. The emergency room visits. The falls. The hospital stays. The cognitive changes.

The constant mental load of trying to hold everything together, while still being a daughter, a professional, a human.

I know this chapter intimately. Not just professionally, but personally.

When my dad entered the final years of his life...

When my dad entered the final years of his life, I walked beside him through aging, decline, and ultimately death.

It was hard. It was beautiful. And it changed me.

What surprised me most wasn't that I got through it, but how I got through it. With steadiness and clarity, and with very little regret.

That made me curious.

People later asked me how I managed that season so well.

The answer wasn't willpower or personality.

It was the inner work I had been learning and practicing for decades, long before I ever became a geriatric social worker.

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You don't have to do this alone. I've got you.

What's a New Gen Family Caregiver?

So, who is this New Gen Family Caregiver? She is a focused professional woman who is working hard to advance her career that she's worked so hard for.

Then her parents get older and need more help, assistance, care and intervention. (sound familiar?)

In the beginning, like a good daughter "should", she starts out trying to help her parent. Taking time off work for appointments, going after work and on weekends to provide care and meet her parent's needs. She spends hours on endless calls trying to connect the dots of the fragmented world of senior care and services.

She is acutely aware of how quickly her parent's circumstances can change and is always on pins and needles. Her heart skips a beat when her cell phone rings while she is at work - is it a parental crisis? Am I going to get pulled away from work again?

She quickly becomes exhausted from trying, unsuccessfully, to balance the relationship between her parents and all-important career.

She is consumed with guilt that she is not available to her parent as much as needed. And when she is with her parent, well, she feels like she is turning her back on her career and other important areas of life. She is becoming obsessed with the thought that she is unable to focus on anything completely.

When faced with having to provide the needed care herself, a New Gen Family Caregiver stands up and says "Yes, I do love my parents, but I can't give up my career to take care of them full-time!"

A New Gen Caregiver doesn't believe the old fashion stereo-type that it is the daughter's "duty" to provide care to her aging parents. Or that she "owes it to them because they gave birth to her". But she does believe that it's her duty to ensure that her parents are safe and are getting the care they need.

She realizes that there are so many aspects of parental care; that no one person could possibly provide everything and still have their own life. And she wants a life. She is willing to get help from a professional to put together a comprehensive plan so that her parent is safe and well cared for and all their needs are met.

Of course, she is still involved, but is able to balance the needs of her parents with the needs of her career, and other important areas of her life such as other family members, her health and wellness, social activities and spiritual well-being.

A New Gen Family Caregiver is a planner; planning way ahead of any parental crisis to reduce the potential impact on both her parents and herself.

She is willing to take a look at herself and learn how she also impacts the outcomes of her parents and her family system. And she is willing to change her own behavior for the greater good.

A New Gen Family Caregiver is far more satisfied, less stressed and more able to handle the "big crisis" situations that are bound to come.

A New Gen Family Caregiver can say with confidence that her parent has everything they need. She continues on with her career with a level of success that her parent can't help but be proud of!

I can help you become a New Gen Family Caregiver, after all, I am one myself!

Happy Caring!

Sofia

My professional background

I'm a geriatric social worker by training, and I've spent decades supporting families through aging, dementia, medical complexity and end-of-life care.

I've worked in hospitals, skilled nursing, home health, and private practice.

But what truly makes the difference isn't knowing what to do.

It's learning how to stay emotionally steady while you do it.

This is the work I care about.

Most adult children are taught to focus on tasks, logistics, and crisis management.

Almost no one teaches them how to work with the fear, guilt, anger, grief, and mental exhaustion that quietly shapes every interaction with their aging parent.

That's the work I care about.

Not fixing your parent.

Not controlling outcomes.

But changing how this chapter lives inside you.

I also work with organizations whose staff support older adults every day. These trainings grew naturally out of my work with families, because the same misunderstandings about aging that create conflict at home often show up in care and business settings, too. When staff understand what aging actually feels like, communication improves, trust deepens, and everyone's experience changes.

You don't have to do this perfectly.

You can support your aging parent with love and clarity, without losing yourself in the process.

Even in the midst of decline, uncertainty, and change, this season can still hold moments of peace, connection, and meaning.

If you're here, you're ready for a steadier way through this.

I'm glad you found your way here.

~ Sofia Amirpoor, MSW

Geriatric Social Worker

Aging Parent Care Coach