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Am I Obligated to Look After My Insufferable Mother?

Am I Obligated to Look After My Insufferable Mother?

by External Article | Oct 4, 2022 | Caring for a Parent, Caring for a Sibling, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

My mother has an undiagnosed mental illness that makes her incapable of accepting reality and that has caused her to be emotionally abusive my entire life…What options do my sister and I have as she ages and her living situation deteriorates further? And what...
My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal

My dad now makes risky choices and I need to accept the role reversal

by External Article | Feb 4, 2022 | Caring for a Parent, Generation Z, Long Distance Caregiving, Silent generation | 0 comments

I pull up in front of the house, knowing Dad will not be waiting to greet me. Having trouble remembering when that stopped, but it has been over a year. A year like no other … what am I going to find today? How much food mouldering on the counters, sitting in pots on...
Mum’s behaviour has always hurt. Now dementia is making it worse

Mum’s behaviour has always hurt. Now dementia is making it worse

by External Article | Oct 29, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent | 0 comments

I’m looking after my 90-year old mum who has some dementia. My problem is her nasty attitude. I’m single and have to work full-time, but I visit mum twice a week and call her a couple of times nearly every day. I try taking her out to new places and for dinner, but...
Unnecessary trouble

Unnecessary trouble

by Guest Author | Oct 18, 2017 | Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Housing, Long Term Caregiving | 3 comments

How do you care for someone who refuses to let you help them? My mother refuses to have outside help. It needs to be me, her daughter, who helps her. But she really wants a servant. She raised me to be a woman who’s practical. Who thinks about what people might...

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