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[quote=Anonymous]Telling them they should do "fun" activities is not actually helping them.  It's possible you're underestimating the difficult of caring for your grandmother.  They may not be comfortable leaving her for a week or even for an afternoon to hike.   And they may be too burnt out and tired to do "fun" things.  Unless you are a professional nurse or something, I don't know why you think you can just jump in and care for her for a full week when she's very unhappy and probably has a lot of care needs.  This is way harder than you seem to think.

What if you visited her and sat with your grandmother while your parents just took a break and relaxed, went out for a coffee, or something like that.  Don't make your help conditional on them taking a long vacation.  Come for the sake of spending time with your grandmother.  Allow them to teach you the skills of caring for her and earn their trust and confidence.  Then they may be comfortable letting you stay with her for a while.  [/quote]

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