Do visits to cognitively declining parents leave you physically exhausted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine is doing ok but the 80s have been hard. I visit and make it a cheerful time and help with a lot of things but I often cry on the way home. I really feel for those of who have parents with dementia, though. That is the worst Ive heard.

And chances are, it will be us, some day, unless they find a cure for it soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YES!!!!

Another yes here!

[Anonymous]

I come here just to read the comments from the wealthy about how draining it is to dump the care for parents onto low status women and how it's so good that they can afford hundreds of thousands a year to spend on it. An intersection of class privilege and entitlement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I come here just to read the comments from the wealthy about how draining it is to dump the care for parents onto low status women and how it's so good that they can afford hundreds of thousands a year to spend on it. An intersection of class privilege and entitlement.

I'm sure we're all equally sorry to disappoint you by showing that we are very much engaged in our parents' lives.

[Anonymous]

Are they draining; yes, however I was able to attend her funeral knowing I did my best, much like she did for me. There is cred in that.

[Anonymous]

Same. Now I only stay one night when I fly there to visit. I recover much quicker.