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[quote=Anonymous]You can hire a geriatric social worker or case manager to check on her and see how she is handling independent living, but she has to agree to let the person in the door. There are services where they can basically help you age in place and pay their people to help, but while they sell you the moon it is very flawed when your parent needs major help. That said, you at least need someone who can assess how dire things are.

Also, I have found that I drove myself nuts with trying to parent a parent who didn't want to be parented, but yet wanted attention and was highly controlling. If the parent is considered cognitively OK, and is stubborn and difficult sometimes you just have to let them make mistakes. It might mean the parent doesn't get proper health care or falls down the steps. You try to help. You try to make life safe, but a person who is cognitively OK is allowed to make poor decisions as long as they don't jeopardize te safety of others. You take the car keys and endure the tantrums and insults (or maybe it's just in my family) when it's time so they don't kill anyone, but they are allowed to take major risks with their own lives sadly.[/quote]

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