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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry, OP. I hope that if you could have a conversation in your head with your mom as she was before the dementia, she would tell you that she loves you and doesn't want you to sacrifice your life and your health to her needs. You are the person you thought you were -- but you never trained for round-the-clock elder care, I'm guessing. Even professional staff who work in elder care don't do it round-the-clock -- they have shifts, and that's their job, and they're paid for it. You don't have any of those boundaries. It's really time to get her professional, residential care, both for her sake and for yours. It's a sign of how much you love her and want what's best for her that you're taking the emotional and physical burden on yourself, but it's time to put those burdens down because you simply cannot carry them all by yourself.[/quote]
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