For the best experienceDownload the Mobile App
App Store Play Store
Asking Eric: Social worker weighs in on older people who ask too much of agencies, family
Asking Eric: Social worker weighs in on older people who ask too much of agencies, family
Asking Eric: Social worker weighs in on older people who ask too much of agencies, family

Published on: 04/24/2025

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

Go To Business Place

Description

I had many conversations with consumers of this health care agency who were older, often male, and complained that their family (siblings, offspring, etc.) would not do anything for them.

Dear Eric: I read the letter from “Conflicted Sibling”, whose senior citizen brother always leaves a mess when he visits and expects her to clean up after him.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2025/04/asking-eric-social-worker-weighs-in-on-older-people-who-ask-too-much-of-agencies-family.html

Other Related News

Two-week closure begins on Southwest Main Street to repair Portland's Thompson Elk Fountain after truck collision
Two-week closure begins on Southwest Main Street to repair Portland's Thompson Elk Fountain after truck collision
Two-week closure begins on Southwest Main Street to repair Portland's Thompson Elk Fountain after truck collision

06/23/2026

A truck trailer chipped the stone base just weeks after a six-year 22 million restoration ...

Portland’s cost of living is ballooning as city tax, fee increases pile up. Residents feel the pain
Portland’s cost of living is ballooning as city tax, fee increases pile up. Residents feel the pain
Portland’s cost of living is ballooning as city tax, fee increases pile up. Residents feel the pain

06/23/2026

Northeast Portland resident Terry Williams 66 has felt the squeeze of a slate of local tax...

Portland heats a few more degrees Tuesday under partly sunny skies. Rain arrives by Friday
Portland heats a few more degrees Tuesday under partly sunny skies. Rain arrives by Friday
Portland heats a few more degrees Tuesday under partly sunny skies. Rain arrives by Friday

06/23/2026

Portland hit 91 degrees Monday unofficially and could easily break that temperatures by fi...

Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism
Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism
Native Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotism

06/23/2026

SANTA FE NM AP Swiftly marching toward westward expansion the United States in the 1800s ...

Dear Doctor: What is sleep architecture - and how do sleep aids effect it?
Dear Doctor: What is sleep architecture - and how do sleep aids effect it?
Dear Doctor: What is sleep architecture - and how do sleep aids effect it?

06/23/2026

DEAR DR ROACH I have occasional difficulty when going to sleep andor getting back to sleep...

ShoutoutGive Shoutout
500/500