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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry. I gave up fighting my caretaker parent. Every communication became about me wanting to get them more help and her refusing. It was so frustrating. I did communicate with the church office and they started a meal train to help her a couple times a week. Eventually dad got bad enough to qualify for a visiting nurse, but that was only a few hours a week. Hospice upped that up to 10. I might have fought harder to get him to a nursing home if he didn't have a terminal condition, in other words, if there wasn't an end in sight. Still he outlived his prognosis by about a year. For another relative with dementia, meds were a lifesaver for both them and their caretakers. Otherwise the patient was just too distressed. I'm sorry it's a horrible pace to be.[/quote]
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