{"id":1460,"date":"2021-07-05T18:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T18:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/blog\/nyc\/?p=97"},"modified":"2021-07-05T18:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T18:50:49","slug":"are-you-planning-another-staycation-with-your-parents-at-home-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/nyc\/blog\/are-you-planning-another-staycation-with-your-parents-at-home-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Planning Another Staycation With Your Parents at Home This Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last year, the pandemic had many families staying home and arranging safe, socially distant staycations. You&#8217;ve been vaccinated and want to get away this summer. As your parents&#8217; family caregiver, you have to consider them. They&#8217;re not ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re in this situation, do you give up and plan another staycation? Is there another option? If you&#8217;re considering another staycation, here are some ideas to make this year&#8217;s plans even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try Something New<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Come up with a list of restaurants you&#8217;ve never tried. There&#8217;s a new vegan restaurant in town, but you&#8217;ve never considered a vegan diet. You can have some vegan food without having to commit for the rest of your life. Try it out and see what you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Japanese restaurant is doing chef tastings each week. Book one of those slots and take a culinary adventure through Japanese cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/blog\/nyc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bigstock-Multi-Generation-Family-Enjoyi-92575367-1.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Care in Manhattan NY\" class=\"wp-image-98\" width=\"332\" height=\"221\" \/><figcaption>Senior Care in Manhattan NY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve tried a new cuisine or restaurant, find something else new to try. You&#8217;ve always thought about horseback riding. Book an hour-long trail ride for beginners and explore some of the local trails on horseback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve never been camping and wonder if you&#8217;d like it. Borrow someone&#8217;s tent and set it up in your yard. See if you like sleeping outside without having to be hours away at a campsite. It&#8217;s a good way to try it before you commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Look At Area Museums Through New Eyes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve been to a local history museum many times as a child. You&#8217;ve never gone back because the exhibits haven&#8217;t changed. Go back to the museum as an adult and enjoy the fresh perspective. Bring your children or grandchild and experience the museum from their point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pick Up a Hobby<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During your staycation, pick up a new hobby. You&#8217;ve never painted before, but you&#8217;ve wondered if you can do it. Purchase a starter paint kit and make painting your new hobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have an old hobby that you haven&#8217;t had time for it. Dig out your supplies and get back into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have You Considered Going on Vacation Without Them?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you travel if you didn&#8217;t have your parents with you? They may not feel safe traveling yet, but you do. Maybe they can&#8217;t travel, so you feel obligated to avoid traveling and be there for them. There&#8217;s a better option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/nyc\/services\/\">Reach out to a senior care agency<\/a> to learn more about respite care services. Your parents could have caregivers with them while you go on vacation. You get to take the break you want, and they don&#8217;t have to leave their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Respite care services are temporary while you&#8217;re away. They include everything from meal preparation to housekeeping. They have <a href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/nyc\/services\/\">senior care services<\/a> ensuring they have everything they need. That makes it easy for you to have a great time without worrying about them at home alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are considering <a href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/nyc\/services\/\">senior care in Manhattan, NY<\/a>, for an aging loved one, please contact the caring staff at Touching Hearts At Home of NYC today at <a href=\"tel:2122016139\">212-201-6139<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re considering another staycation, here are some ideas to make this year&#8217;s plans even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":98,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,84],"tags":[82,83,85],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-ideas","category-social-seniors","tag-senior-care-in-manhattan-ny","tag-social-seniors","tag-staying-active"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are You Planning Another Staycation With Your Parents at Home This Summer? 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