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Mom 78 fell back in Jan 2019, was very sick which I am sure was Covid, they just weren't testing for it then. She stayed 8 months in nursing homes where they did diagnose her with Dementia. We moved in to her home because it was most cost effective. I was paying my mortgage, had taken over her bills and home, and nursing home at $3700 a month alone was killing us. The medicines were keeping her down and confused til a NP took her off all of them and she was so much better. She begged to come home so we did bring her home. Now I live with my husband of 20 years, my mother and my 2 children 18 and 22. There is not a separate living space for her. She stays in the living room from the time she wakes up till she goes to bed at night. Will not go to her room to give our family any privacy. She thinks that since it's her home she deserves to stay in her chair. And dare I mentioned to paint or redo anything in the house she gets mad and quits speaking to me. She is also depressed and sits all day and eats.


I just want to somehow live under one roof. I have tried asking her to let my family have some time to watch a movie in the living room together but she won't. So my whole family resorts to going to their rooms and closing the doors so they can get some privacy. My family has never had to do this. It's so hard and I do feel guilt and resentment towards her. I would like to hear your advise, tips of what you have done to cope with this. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

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Marm, welcome!

I'd like to start by saying that you shouldn't be paying your mom's bills! Mom should pay her own way. HER resources should be paying for any facility or nursing care she needs.

Have you looked into getting mom qualified for Medicaid?

Living as you are right now sounds like a very unhappy and stressful situation for you all. No healthy, not sustainable.

Meanwhile, if mom has dementia, you can't reason with her.

You need to start putting your family first. Start out by calling the local Area Agency on Aging. Ask for a needs assessment and case management services for mom. Maybe you need to consult an eldercare attorney to figure out how to disentangle your finances and get mom set up to pay her own expenses so you all can go back to living your lives.
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If you’re feeling resentful imagine how the rest of your family is feeling having to isolate themselves to get a moments peace. This living arrangement isn’t good or sustainable for anyone. It’ll cause you health issues. Mom should live in a place with activities and friends. You should live in your own home with your family. I hope you’ll decide it’s time to change this
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Welcome to the forum! I'm sorry you are living under such awful circumstances; I can truly understand why you can't stand to go home after work! Your mother's stubborn refusal to make you and your family feel welcome in her home is making your lives there insufferable.

I think you have no other alternative but to move out, personally. Your mother is 77 years old and can live another 2 decades, in reality. Do you want to live like this? In reality, her house can be sold so SHE can afford to pay for care of some kind in either Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing; you should never pay out of your own pocket to fund HER life as an elder. You should also not be held hostage in her home by her rigid rules where nobody can even watch a movie together in the living room! It's ridiculous and I'd put an end to it immediately if it were me.

Once you move out, mother can hire in-home help or look into selling the house and moving into managed care. You and your husband & children are not responsible to be her caregivers and personal servants for life. Look at it as you were doing this TEMPORARILY to help her recuperate; she recuperated, and now you 4 move on with your lives.

I know you are asking how to 'somehow live together under one roof' but unless your mother does a complete turn-around with her selfish all-about-me rules that she's put in place, I just don't see it happening. You all deserve a better life than what she is offering you.

Best of luck realizing that to make in-home care work, it has to work for EVERYONE involved, not just mom. Your family comes first, and it's perfectly fine to know that.
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Slartibartfast Nov 2021
And without a home of your own, once you've spent all your money on her and she has to go into a residential home she'll have to sell her house to pay for it and you'll be left homeless and broke.
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Welcome!

I think you have done what many have done - tried to have love & togetherness save the day. Caring led you to take the action of temporarily moving in but It didn't turn out as planned. That's ok - it happens!

A least now you know - really know.

Time for a new care plan. That suits ALL of you, not just Mom.
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This living situation is unsustainable. Many many elders beg to come home. Doesn't mean it's a good idea. Can she take care of herself? Even though it's her home, she is being unreasonable. Yet, since she has dementia, you can't expect her behavior to ever get any better.

As others have said, do not pay ANY of her bills. Especially for her to be in a nursing home.

I would start looking for a place for you and your family to move into ASAP. Figure out what mom's needs are and arrange for it. If she can't be alone, start having her pay for aides to come in so that you and your family can go out to dinner, go to the movies, go on vacation, etc. etc.
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You need to speak to a dementia specialist or/and an elder lawyer for sound advice before you end up penniless, divorced and hated by your children. I’m not trying to sound harsh but the dementia will get worse not better and you and your family deserve a nice life of your own. Your mom has had her life and now it’s time for Medicaid or her own resources to kick in best wishes to you 💜
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MOVE AND MOVE HER WITH YOU IF NECESSARY. There is no other solution to this problem.

Why in the world would you think that your mother would allow herself to be relegated to her own room in her “most cost effective” house so you can watch TV with your husband and kids? Your mother isn’t hurting anyone by sitting all day in her own living room. You are sending a message that you are doing your mother some kind of favor by living there. What part of the bills are you and your family paying out of your own pocket while living in your mother’s house?

I agree with others that this situation is untenable and you and your husband need to get back to your own home, especially if you are still paying the mortgage on it. Or buy a different house in which you mother will have her own space. If she’s only 78, she could live a lot longer.
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BurntCaregiver Nov 2021
Chellyfla,

Actually, the poster is in fact doing her mother a favor by living with her. A very big favor indeed because the mother has dementia and would be in a nursing home if her daughter wasn't there.
She made no arrangements for care in her 'golden years' so her daughter had to take on the responsibility of it.
Now everyone here in this group knows that I speak plainly and it can come off as harsh. It's never my attention to, but I'll say plainly that you've got some nerve posting such a response. It's not about how much of a percentage the daughter and her family pay towards the household bills. Since the daughter is an unpaid 24-hour live-in caregiver to her mother, does she write up a check (gratuity included) and put it next to the plate every time the mother eats a meal she prepared and cleaned up after?
Does she submit a weekly bill for cleaning and laundry services provided for mom?
Does she charge for mileage when she has to run errands for her mother or take her somewhere like a doctor's appointment, etc...?
Does the daughter receive payment for being an entertainer? Oh yes, when you're a senior caregiver keeping them entertained and alleviating their boredom helps prevent some of the fight instigating, trouble causing, and complaining seniors often engage in for entertainment.
Does the daughter or any other in her kind of situation, get a small weekly compensation for being a family scapegoat and whipping post to the elder they care for?

If the answer to all of these questions is 'no' then the mother is the one benefitting. Mom is getting one sweet deal in exchange for her daughter and family being there. See, in a nursing home or AL a person pays for every service and everything they get. Nothing for free. When homecare comes, that's paid too. There's also no staff who act as whipping posts to take your frustrations out on. No staff to instigate fights with for your entertainment. If someone acts up too much, they get drugged to keep them calm. Also, when an elder is in a nursing home, or AL, or any other paid care facility, they have no property or money to lord over their family so they submit to the slavery and abuse that is so often what caring for the elderly is.
Mom is getting a very sweet deal here and should treat her daughter and family better.
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Well the living situation is simply unsustainable for the health of your family and your relationships. You are sacrificing yourselves for the unreasonable wishes of your mother. One of two thoughts, Have here moved to an assisted living center where she will have her own apartment and its better than a nursing home. Second and the only reasonable alternative, is wait for her next hospital episode and then moved to an apartment at an assisted center. My sister was in a very nice, well furnished apartment with dementia. She unfortunately tried to walk away several times and was moved to a smaller apartment in a locked down wing. She still has access to going outside but its in a courtyard space. This was before she was place on medications for the dementia but in speaking to her over Thanksgiving, I can tell it would be risky to let her go back to a bigger apartment because of several comments about wanting out, even though she seems to be doing fine, not belligerent or combative, more like resolved but wants to leave. She can have a nice apartment all to her self and the staff will assist with any meds she has. She can watch her own TV and as much of Wheel of Fortune as she can handle.
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my2cents Nov 2021
They moved in to HER home. So now it would seem a little harsh to tell her to move out. And if she couldn't afford NH care with her own money, she won't be able to afford AL care. I don't think I could agree with telling her to move on to facility elsewhere.
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Your problem is that this is your mother's house, and it is not reasonable to expect her to shut herself away in her bedroom so that she doesn't intrude on the family.

What's become of your own house? Have you still got it?
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One thing I knew for certain, that as soon as my dad moved in, he was now part of the nuclear family and would want to be included in everything. Which is completely understandable but, for me not a tolerable situation. I can't imagine what he would have expected had I moved into his house. Not that that would have ever happened, I have been on my own far to long to bow to parental authority. And I believe in my house, my rules.

I know that you guys are "caring" for her. You don't say how and a fall doesn't mean someone needs looking after but, an 8 month stay at a NH says 24/7 care required, with some skilled nursing care involved. You said she improved being removed from to many meds. So? How much care does she realistically need? Can she afford to have someone come in daily to provide the help she needs?

The sad part is, it is her house and you all moved in. That doesn't change the fact that she is the mistress of the house and we all know that a house can have only one. She will never give that up as long as it is her house.

What I don't really understand is why she can't be included in a movie or family time. You say she does nothing, so how does that really adversely effect the time you spend with your adult children all living at grandma's house?

My lands, I would be a raving loonie if 4 adults moved in to my home and wanted me to go sit alone in my bedroom. Not likely to happen. I would rather be in a facility then lose my home as I sat in it.

Looks like it is time to rethink the situation and either create a family space in someone's bedroom, include grandma or move out and let her survive or end up in a facility. You can still help her, with boundaries, of course.

Edit: whichever one of your kids that has created 3 children needs to put their big boy panties on and create a home for their children. Because you no longer get to live off of anybody when you make babies. You man up and take care of your kids.

You are expecting an awful lot from your mom and I think you should suck it up and let her live in her house, especially since your adult children are bringing their 3 babies, under 4, every other weekend, that's a lot to ask of anyone, especially a sick senior.
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my2cents Nov 2021
Well, I missed the part about one of the children having small children of their own.
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Hello, I think I'm in the minority here...
The thing is, you made the decision to move into her home because it was cost effective for you, and now you've run up against some common issues with dementia, and are frustrated. Understanding that the disease progresses, I suggest you read up on this to help you understand that your mother's having some challenges that are more than just memory:
http://www.dementiacarestrategies.com/12_pt_Understanding_the_Dementia_Experience.pdf
Realistically, the best thing for you to do is to sell the house and use that and mom's SS to fund her move into assisted living/memory care. When that's spent down she'll have to go on medicaid. It helps if you can find a place that will let her stay on after her private pay money runs out. I'm assuming that the house is in her name and is paid off. The property should be used according to her wishes unless she is incompetent and a POA is activated. Even then, the house is a resource to be managed to fund her care. Careful record keeping and not intertwining your family monies with hers helps when medicaid does a 5-year look back. How are the finances set up? Are you making sure her bills are paid by her monies? Is any of her social security being used for upkeep? Is your family paying fair market rent? What are you providing for her in exchange for moving into the home? Is this formalized by a contract? Are you really intending to keep her in her home as her needs increase--how will you and your husband manage that, assuming the kids are out of the house or busy with lives of their own? Have you talksed to a certified elder law attorney (ELCA) to help you navigate this? It might be very helpful to do this ASAP. This can come from your mother's funds.
If your mother has dementia, she may not recognize her needs. She sees that you have moved into her home, which is familiar to her (and familiarity and routine are key in orienting a person with dementia throughout the day). you want to redecorate her home and its management and pace has been taken over by your family. She's being expected to live on your terms. She doesn't want to. You find this untenable. She is incapable of using reason, logic, intuition, empathy because of her disease.
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Isthisrealyreal Nov 2021
The property should be used according to her wishes, unless a POA is activated.

Actually a POA is required to act on behalf of the individual, as they would themselves, if they were able and of sound mind. A POA do not give the authority to press your will on the individual represented.

So her home is hers and gets used as she wishes, until a judge says she is incompetent to run her own show.
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It's best to have them out of the crowd and noise. Decorate their own room and have a visitor come in 5 minutes to say hello, one at a time and space the visits apart 15-30 minutes.
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Isthisrealyreal Nov 2021
You are speaking about her adult children living in grandma's house, right?
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I agree with those who mention 'My home, my rules' concept. You did well moving in to take care of her house while she was away getting treatments. Saved you money and helped her keep her house taken care of Now that she is back, it is probably time for you to move out and resume your own family life as before and that includes her taking care of her bills herself. The present situation as many have mentioned is unsustainable.
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I can understand why an old woman would not want to be banished to her room, alone. Why can't everyone sit in the living room and watch TV? Why can't two adult children spend some time including grandma in conversations. The ages of your kids indicates to me they are very likely on social media in their private times. I would never consider asking my mom to go to her room so I could visit with others in the living area. I guess I just can't wrap my head around your expectations.

Your mom's financial means and what you were paying leave questions for me. If she was living in her home, prior to illness, and paying her own way - why did you have to start paying her house bills? Did she have her own income, such as social security, to manage back then? If she/you owed $3700 per month for NH care, it indicates her income was too much for Medicaid but not quite enough to cover the cost of her room. Did you talk with an elder attorney about how to cover the cost of her NH? (There are trusts that can be set up to put some of her money into while the balance pays a portion of the NH, Medicaid pays the rest).

You also said she was diagnosed with dementia while she was in the NH. Then said you found her meds were creating confusion and those were stopped. She may have some normal aging issues, but if removing the meds helped fix confusion issues, it's very likely you aren't dealing with real dementia. You're just dealing with an old lady who got to go back to her home and another family came along. She wants to sit in her living room like she always did and now there's a few more people also in the living room. She might like her house the way it is and, at her age, not particularly fond of change - so not interested in a new paint job.

Maybe the kids really didn't want to move there and they are acting just a little resentful in regard to grandma.....and perhaps you. Maybe that's what changed some of the family dynamics
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lakin1013 Nov 2021
Just wanted to respond to your first 2 sentences. My mother refused to be quiet. She would talk incessantly, out loud, throughout the show or movie. If we asked politely if she could just watch, she then began asking questions about the show, stupid questions designed for attention. Things like why do they have a car? Why do they live in a house? Why do they eat food. My mother was a selfish, vain woman who believed all eyes should be in her at all times. I was always so very happy to leave. There was no way to watch something together.
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You moved seven people into the house and now YOU want her to go to her room? Seven people?

This is her house first. Not your inheritance. Get your family out, and tell your children you will no longer be sustaining or "helping." It's 2021 and those children they had were a choice that they must take care of now.
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Myownlife Nov 2021
Can you NOT read ? The daughter, her husband, and 2 children live together with the mother who has dementia; that's 5 people who live there.

The 3 grand babies only visit every other weekend.

I would imagine they stay in the same home with the mother who has dementia to provide needed assistance to her. So it is a give and take type of situation..... they provide assistance to the mother, and are asking for a way to give them some time together. It would be harder for them to take care of the mother in a separate location if they were to move out.

At any rate, her request is how to help make the current situation work. Helpful responses are what she is looking for.
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Is this a joke post? $3700 month will not pay for a nursing home unless she had insurance.

I know how I would feel if my kids told me to leave my living area and favorite chair so they could watch a movie together. People do not even do this to the family dog.

Kids 18 & 22 - are they paying rent? How are they contributing to family now that they are adult men?

Nursing homes are horrific places. They should be destroyed.

Perhaps your family should shift gears and think about how she feels and what you can do for her to make her remaining years as comfortable as possible. Step outside your own inconvenience.

And remember, you are training your 2 sons how to treat you in your final years.
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PeggySue2020 Nov 2021
Brenda, really? NHs are terrible places so everyone who puts them in one is derivatively terrible. Huh. And you sit there and actually say that the OP can expect anything from these two young adults who made children themselves except that the old lady should sell her house for some kind of duplex so that these adults who can't even take care of their own roof will someday take care of you.

Uh-uh.

Sorry OP, but at this point your parent needs servants. Not supporting your children's kids and NOT putting these kids in the position of having to clean up feces or anything like that. If it's already to that level, the kids need to be removed. The parents too. Why do you have them living with your MOM and saying SHE should go to her room? They need their OWN room paid for by their parents. Not you. Especially not your mom.
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Your mother could live for years. If she owns the house, maybe she could trade it in on a bigger house, one with two living rooms (or the equivalent, a "rec room" or a "rumpus room" or whatever). She might hesitate at first, but show her some pictures of some available houses. You might be able to talk her into it.
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PaulBern Nov 2021
MY VIEW AS WELL!!!!!
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Just to comment on part of your situation, and for the sake of others who don't understand asking your mother to return to her room for a little family time, I want to say that I found that request enormously validating though I do understand why it might be unworkable in her home, and in her state of dementia.

It validated, for me, how important it is to still prioritize one's own nuclear family's time, even as we welcome and work to integrate the loved one we're caring for.

In my situation, my father lives with us in our home and spends a fair bit of time napping in his room. We have to catch as catch can with our family time, but this morning I woke thinking, just because Dad is in our physical space most of the time does not mean I have to occupy a daughter role for all of that time. I can also inhabit the role of mother, and wife, with Dad nearby. It's only a mind shift, but I already feel lighter remembering it. I will add that this is possible, too, because Dad can still walk on his own, and get to the bathroom on his own.

I understand your willingness to make a full-hearted change to serve your mother better, but also see that there may be a compromise here that could satisfy your urge to care for her lovingly, while also checking more boxes for your sanity and that of your own family. Best wishes!
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PaulBern Nov 2021
YOU ARE MY KIND OF PERSON
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I don’t think it would be unreasonable for Mom to give her daughter and her family one evening a week to spend time together In the living room without her there.
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PeggySue2020 Nov 2021
I do. She moved up to seven people in there including her own personal grandchildren. When her children had them that should have been indication to get their own place, not squat with their GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
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“She thinks that since it's her home she deserves to stay in her chair.”

Yes.

“…it's *her* home…”

And that is the total of it.

Flip this around. You are uninvited guests imposing on her in her own home, and making demands of her, demanding she stay out of your family’s way and submit to you altering *her home* to your tastes.

From your description, you moved in and lived in her house without her for months. You are effectively squatters taking advantage of her resources. She is not responsible for supporting you, just as you are not responsible for financially supporting her. You don’t own your mother’s resources, which includes her house. You should not have taken over her bills. You should not have taken over her home to save yourself money. You have created a very unpleasant tangle for your family by committing a series of bad choices.

That you want to create one big, happy, family together in one home is very admirable of you. I am sorry it isn’t working out.
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Debstarr53 Nov 2021
Rotten response! She said they had taken over her bills and the $3700.00 for the NH was killing them. Looks to me like they were only trying to help.
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I would Buy a tiny Home and put in Yard and people who want to hang Out can do so in there . Tiny homes are not Much - More like a addition and Can add space . Dementia people sit In a chair all day and read or watch TV - Thats what they do - They have a routine that Makes them feel safe . People can learn to live in a room . Thats Part of the sacrifice - go to the Movies or out to dinner .
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Debstarr53 Nov 2021
Tiny home, that actually sounds great. The family can escape there and let grandma have the living room without the resentment. Great idea.
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Marmstrong, As you can see, a lot of people don't read your profile AND your post to get a clear understanding of everything going on. It sounds to me like you made this sacrifice because you were helping to pay for your mom's expenses and your own. I totally understand why you would want to have some family time to just watch a movie. An elder like this has the attention span of a gnat, and usually wants to control the TV. That equals nobody being able to watch anything.

Some people posting here are questioning the fact that you moved 3 grandchildren in too, but fail to realize you said they only come every other weekend. You also said you did this because it appeared like your mom was dying, and it was only after 8 months she was able to come home. You saved her home, correct?

I'm sorry you just got a lot of judging by people who assumed you are being selfish. As someone who has gotten kicked in the teeth for helping people, I understand your pain. It may be that the only resolution will be to move out and let her handle her home alone, whether she can or not. Sometimes it takes a hard dose of reality.
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PatsyN Nov 2021
Too many times the comments here are as unhelpful and judgmental as FB. ❤
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I find most of the comments to this post so I helpful and so judgmental that I'm unsubscribing. If I need that much hate I'll just head over to Facebook. None of us asked to be in this situation; we are all doing the best we can.
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LoopyLoo Nov 2021
Sorry to hear that, but this isn’t an airport. No need to announce your departure.
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Wow, quite the mixed bag of responses here. I have to say I'm surprised because this site is mostly positive and supportive, and people really seem to have their knickers in a twist over this issue.
First, I would like to say that I'm sure you're doing your best, and that at the end of the day the judgement of others, particularly since they don't live your life every day and they don't know every detail of your circumstances, should not bother you. You wouldn't be conflicted about what to do if you were a bad person, you would just do what you wanted and say to Hell with the consequences.
Out of curiosity, would it be possible to put a TV in your mom's room and then go there with your family to watch a movie? I mean, if she doesn't want to move from the living room that is technically her choice, but if her room was big enough for you guys to sit in there you could always move a TV in there and use that room while she uses the living room. I kind of understand what you're going through a little, my mom and I live together in a two bedroom apartment and sometimes when the weather is bad and I just want to watch a movie or whatever that I know mom won't like it's hard to get her out of her chair. My go-to is taking the movie and playing it on my computer, but everyone has different ways of making it work. Maybe pick the next largest room in the house, move a TV in there and have that as like a backup living room so you guys can watch a movie there? Might not work, but it's a thought anyways.
I don't think you or your family are selfish or wrong at all for wanting a little privacy or a sense of control over your lives. I mean, people who judge too harshly on this kind of stuff are clearly people who haven't had to go through it. When you upend and rearrange your entire life to accommodate and care for someone else, you crave that measure of control and normalcy just so you can keep your sanity and make the days feel less chaotic. Besides, nearly every youtube video and website I've googled about caregiving stress and burnout actually ADVISES being 'selfish' as a way to survive, because if you aren't you get sucked into being too subservient and too submissive and often it leads to the care recipient assuming that they can walk all over you now. Putting up boundaries and making reasonable requests is perfectly normal and healthy and anyone who doesn't understand that can take a long walk off a short pier.
So I hope this helps at least a little, like I said I don't know every particular detail about your situation (and in fact no one does except for you which is why all of the judgmental responses surprise me) but just keep on doing the good job that you're doing, carve out time for yourself and your family any way you can, and know that you are not being selfish (in the bad way) or unreasonable or anything like that, you are simply rearranging finances and dynamics to try to take care of your mom and keep her out of a nursing home like she wanted. God bless.
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PaulBern Nov 2021
VERY VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS! From ME, the 24/7 Caregiver of my wife.
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You and your husband need to find better living arrangements for yourselves and children. Your mom has dementia. I wouldn't expect too much from her.
Best of Luck! You can do this!
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I would either move her out of your home and into the cheapest place you can find for her so she'll be taken care of or you can move the big tv into one room apart from her. I can understand why you feel resentful because here you just want to enjoy a movie in your own living room and she has made that space to be your own. It could be that she just can't stand the noise and it's possible she's feeling jealous of seeing younger people doing what she can no longer do too. She could have a hidden health condition like heart or stomach and she might be in pain, too.
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Isthisrealyreal Nov 2021
It is not the posters living room, it is mom's house and there is the rub.
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Marmstrong: Prayers sent.
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Marmstrong: Imho, perhaps your mother will require facility living.
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Move back to your own place and let her pay for the help she needs. It sounds harsh but be assured where you are now is going to get worse, so either you look after your family in a normal family way and she stays where she is with care coming in as needed or your family life and relationships go down the pan whilst you try and keep her happy - which isn't going to happen. Her attitude will never change and you haven't even got to the incontinence stage yet. Look after you and the young ones - they come first.
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BurntCaregiver Nov 2021
100 percent right on all of it, TaylorUK. No dementia situation gets better and they haven't even gotten to incontinence yet.
They should start exploring care options.
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It is always interesting to read threads like this one because you can see in advance from the answers which people will turn into the entitled you owe me ones, and which ones will do everything to make their childrens lives as easy as possible. I never read the answers of others before making my own as it skews what one writes, I answer on the post by the author - sometimes this will come out harsh, sometimes it will come out supportive. Having ASD what it will do is come out honest and black and white logical. It is never intended to be offensive but I can understand that for some people blunt fact comes over as rude. If you write something I will take that as fact when I answer, and when I do go afterwards and read other answers I take those as fact as well. Some of these answers are helpful, some show the person hasn't read the post and profile, some are downright rude and make assumptions which go against the facts. The one thing one can be sure of is that the author is in a carer position which is causing them problems for some reason, it may rarely be solvable in the way they want, it may often need some change in thinking, but it never requires people to be rude or assume facts that are not given. We all need to remember that our children are those "soul" for whom we have responsibility having made the choice to have them. We are not responsible for those who chose to have us - their care in older age was their responsibility to plan for as ours is for us. Whether we love them or hate them, the generation older that us is not our responsibility in the same way the generation younger is, and we have to find ways to look after them first, ourselves so we can look after others, and the older generation according to what is possible in line with the others, not all elders can have everything they want, and those with dementia need care that is appropriate to their disease needs not our love. I'm sure my autism makes some of you boil at my answers, for that I am sorry, I never give an opinion or suggestion with any intention to cause distress or offence, but it certainly help me see which side of the fence many one here will fall when its their turn to be the elderly and in need of care.
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