What is your biggest concerns when it comes to your parents? How are you staying connected with them?
A new poll finds:
- Close to 90% of Americans with parents over 60 are worried about their safety and well being.
- 86% say they worry about them often, with the average person worrying about five times a week.
- As for the biggest cause for concern:
- 44% worry about their physical health and well being.
- 36% worry they live too far away to help in an emergency.
- 36% worry about their mental or emotional health.
- 33% worry they’ll have a problem and not tell them.
- 32% worry they’ll be a victim of a crime in their home.
- 32% are worried about crimes like fraud or online scams.
- 32% worry about them eating properly.
- 31% worry they’ll fail to take their medication.
- 30% are worried about them being lonely.
As for what can be done about all this worry...
- 70% of people said they’d worry less if they checked in on their parents more often.
- 73% it would make their parents feel safer if they did
- Unfortunately 33% say their work keeps them too busy to check in on their parents.
- Another 28% say their families keep them too busy.