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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, many places have senior centers and/or community centers with senior activities. There are people you can hire such as geriatric social workers to check on his and assess need. In our experience, they don't access anything if you make life too easy and meet their needs at your own expense. Also, you have to be be clear and repetitive with boundaries. If you don't plan to pick up the phone except on weekends, you must be consistent, because if you break once it will be reinforced for the next oh 6 months. If it's an emergency, they will leave a message. I spent too long rescuing. The anxiety needs treatment and they won't treat it until desperate. They figure you can make them feel better and it's "no trouble." I would call his doctors to express concern about anxiety level. They cannot call you back, but they can assess.[/quote]
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