I have been advised by other people in a support group that he tries his best and wants to keep her home. But he does not handle situations in a way and now my mom has expressed not being happy and cryies a lot. How do you handle having to be a parent to your parent? My father will think he has failed and I don’t want him to feel this way, but I think my mom would feel better and get more socializition being somewhere else. I can see his depression and frustration. How can I get him to feel he has not failed at taking care of her?
I got a lot of mileage out of "but you are retired now!" for both my husband and my mother.