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Celebrating Father’s Day with an older dad August 23, 2022

It’s so important to spend quality time with our ageing parents. Time certainly waits for no-one and here we are, already two-thirds through 2022 with another Father’s Day just around the corner.

How will you spend Father’s Day with your ageing dad? It’s no longer as simple as handing over a card made at school or buying a gift certificate to his favourite restaurant. What does remain the same as our dads age is the importance of the emotional connection we have with them.

Remember to consider your dad’s physical condition before embarking on anything strenuous. If your father has a chronic medical condition, it might require a mindset shift on your part – make sure the activities you plan are physically manageable.

It’s also a good idea to check with your dad’s medical or allied health team before his big day to be fully aware of his capabilities or limitations.  For dads with limitations, it’s okay to keep it ordinary and consider adapting activities he like to do in the past to the present. Maybe this means ordering takeaway from his favourite restaurant or share an old movie together that he loved to watch.

It’s all about finding ways to celebrate and make the most of your emotional connection this Father’s Day.