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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:12 PM Original message |
When elderly relatives refuse help....anybody had this problem? |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. People have a right to decide |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well my suggestion is not really |
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hailhydra (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It may sound silly but |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Welcome to DU. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's a great suggestion! |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Good advice. Welcome to DU hailhydra. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Your aunt sounds like my mother |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. She is lucky to have you!! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Some people stay able and independant to the end |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well endowed orange gnomes!! |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Fair warning |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Another thought |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Unfortunately |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Then you have a tough choice to make |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. My husband says |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. After my mother had hip replacement surgery, she had a special seat that fit in the tub |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. Heck. A lot of issues here. I worry about my independent mom, so I'll share my thoughts: |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Well there are definitely some mental issues going on |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. there are different kinds of dementia - |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. It took the police and paramedics to get my grandma out of her house. |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. I tried to get a cellphone for a friend of mine in a wheelchair, but he refused. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I might do that!! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Loss of independence must be psychologically very hard. I knew one woman who |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Hi, well it's like this.... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If the resources were there, you could... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I might guess she's stuck in her apt, alternately lonely and depressed and angry. Her most immediate |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yes I do write notes and exchange emails daily |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Make A Deal With Her. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's a really good suggestion |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. DU-ers you are just the best |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I Agree! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Maybe she just doesn't want to be a burden on anyone. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. We are trying to figure out what to do about my parents |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. I can only relate a vaguely similar experience ... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. Lots of great info & suggestions in the thread, especially quakerboy's experience |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. What we will be discussing tonight is our thoughts about #1 |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks for listening. If she was "filthy" we're in THAT territory. |
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kimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. Very interesting thread |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
39. My grandmother is that way |
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