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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outsource someone (a hired caregiver) to take Dad to his PT and labwork appointments.  His PT is probably the same day and time a week so this works well with hiring a caregiver.

Can you sibling who lives 30 minutes away take several hours off of work to take Dad to the primary and specialist appointments?[/quote]

Please don't take this advise. I am the sibling who lives closest. For the first few years nothing was a big deal. It has been 8 or more years of aging parent stuff and I think a request like this would throw me over the edge.I have many doctors appointments of my own I haven't made. I have not been on vacation in so many years. It's not just a few hours. Sometimes it's many days of the emotional hangover of dealing with elderly parent stuff and seeing them a mess and often they take out their stress on the kid available. If that sibling wanted to offer, the sibling would have offered already.[/quote]
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We could be twins, PP. And I’m now on the verge of emotional collapse. All I can think of is running. I made a therapy appointment. The key is NOT taking on the responsibility in the first place, you’re right. I now have health anxiety from it all.[/quote]

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