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I am taking care of my 96 year old mother ( she's in assisted live care) she wants to go out for lunch, "come pick up my mail" and calls to find out what day it is and she's having problems with her hearing aids. She has a clock that tells her the time and most of her mail comes to my house and I am working the other problems from home on the phone. Also I'm taking caring for my sister that just lost her husband. That would be hard enough but he was not helping her to take care of herself medically or personally. And she does not drive. Upon her husband's death I found that the dementia that we all thought was happening was much more acute than we all thought. She keeps asking where he is and how she can call him at the hospital. I have been working to get her the help with everything that she needs but it's slow going. Example, she keeps signing up for life insurance herself and putting the dead husband as the beneficiary, and trying to buy him life insurance. I am the DPOA but it's hard to keep up with her. She is still in her own place with help coming in multiple hours and days a week (this is cheaper then full on assisted living like my mother). She has very little money and is only 67 so it really has to last.. that was all background (sorry) . Trying to do this all myself, landed me in a physic hospital for a week! That's the point. You can't do all the care giving yourself! Now there are three people struggling to help with the big job plus me. Hang n there and find help!
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