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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP. I don’t have reassurance, only solidarity and validation that there isn’t an easy fix. If someone isn’t living with her who is in a position to nudge her to a safer situation, you basically have to wait for a disaster to precipitate change. We’ve gone through this with our family, and they were only willing to make a change to a safer living situation or more support when they created a problem that was so obvious it couldn’t be denied. Examples: a countertop microwave fire requiring firefighters, or wandering/getting lost to the extent that they couldn’t cover it up because police became involved and the family was then referred to a social worker.

The scary thing is that a lot of these dangerous situations will happen without you noticing. We spent years with our hearts in our throats waiting for something to go wrong in a big way while becoming slowly exhausted by all of the little slips. It’s miserable. We’re at the beginning of yet another cycle of this with a relative and it’s terrifying. [/quote]

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