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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s her sink and her PT. She’s always been this way; it’s who she is. I would think of these things as “topics of conversation” rather than “action items” and just let it go. Save your energy for when it’s really important. She’s an adult and presumably competent; let it be. She’ll take care of it when it bothers her enough to do something about.[/quote]

Or she won't and she will get worse with whatever the issue is that needs PT and there will be a flood with the sink issue. It happens and until they are deemed incompetent, not much you can do. And they will call you hysterical when things turn into emergencies that didn't need to be and I eventually had to have boundaries with that.

I envy and am happy for the friends who have parents who are still on the ball into their 80s or the parents who allow the friend to take the help and willingly move to an appropriate setting. My own mother will be the death of me with her stubbornness, rage fits and poor decisions. Somehow whenever she is in front of a neurologist she pulls it together.[/quote]

Omg, yes, this is what I'm afraid of.  She manages day to day life ok, so she's "competent." [/quote]

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