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[quote=Anonymous]There are so many posts on here about elderly people at home who resist paid helpers—While accepting help from their worn-out family members.
What do you think are the sources of the resistance? Because I personally would **love** to have somebody paid come to my house to do stuff.

Here are the elder concerns as I see them:

1. Fear of stuff being touched, stolen, rearranged
2. Outsiders knowing they are vulnerable leading to robberies or murder or whatever they imagine from watching TV
3. “Waste of money,” leading to running out of money when they “really” need care
4. Acceptance of help requires admitting need of help and denial reliance will not allow that!
5. Dislike of any change to home situation/life just on principle—holding the line
6. Discomfort/racism with people who they see as “foreign” in any way
7. Feeling that pay is too high since their idea of hourly pay is circa 1975
8. Embarrassment about clutter/state of house if strangers saw it
9. Not seeing their “problems” as problems, just not caring about their awful nutrition or lack of bathing, etc
10. I can’t think of a number 10 but there must be one.

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