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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I sympathize. I wasn't the person who got the majority of the calls - my brother who was local did and even though he was a total saint and really valued his time with our dad, he used to get so crazy frustrated about the nonstop calls. I used to call every night and sometimes during the day, just to give him someone else to talk to. Even that felt like a burden. I gotta tell you, though, after he lost the ability to call on his own (a sudden medical issue that accelerated his mental/physical decline) I missed it more than I would have believed. It was comforting to have a parent to call every night while I got my own kids ready for bed, even if my parent wasn't really able to parent anymore. One suggestion OP on the caregivers - we told our dad that he was helping to train the various aides we arranged. He bought into the explanation enough and eventually he just became comfortable with them and perhaps on some level knew he needed the help. [/quote]
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