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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is 66yo and her parents are both still alive and living alone in her childhood home at 89 years old. I'm 34 and feel so lucky to have had my grandparents for so long especially since my own children have gotten to know and love them. In recent months, they are both starting to decline- not eating as much, sleeping more, starting to struggle with tasks like laundry (which is in their basement) and taking their dog out, one was put on oxygen and the other has other declining health issues.

My mom is absolutely distraught. She calls me sobbing almost daily and seems in total denial that the end is going to be inevitable in the semi near future to the point where I feel she's almost irrational/unhealthy about this. My mom is my absolute best friend and otherwise a totally levelheaded, normal, well adjusted person so this is throwing me for a loop a bit.

I've been nothing but supportive and loving towards her and she has started therapy a few months ago, but I'm starting to get frustrated with her that she seems to have zero appreciation for the fact that she is 66 years old and still gets to garden and bake with her mom, watch movies and play cards with her dad. I also feel like my mom's tizzies are starting to trickle down to my grandma who absolutely should not have to console her daughter about her own inevitable death.

Any advice on supporting your parents through the decline and eventual loss of their parents?[/quote]

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