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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Slow down. Adult agist children in this forum want to send healthy 72 yrs olds to assisted living.

Way more details needed OP.  [/quote]

Right? Hundreds of infantilizing millennials so self-centered they think it's their job to parent 72-year-olds. At the end of your rope? Then just let go, seriously.[/quote]

Not OP, but mother can’t get in and out of her house without tremendous effort, and is at great risk of a very bad fall every time. Increasingly not going out at all. Can’t get to her bedroom and has stopped trying. Seems to not be paying bills. Seems to not be bathing regularly. Has twice fallen and lay there crying for help until someone just happened to hear. And yet she insists it isn’t time yet to even discuss next steps, which makes it impossible to begin the process of even getting on waitlists.

You can call me infantilizing, but the only alternative I see is to sit back watching a very sad and very dangerous decline. Which some days is where I’m at! “I love you, but I cannot help you without your participation.” On the other hand, neglect is a form of abuse.

If you have the answer, I’m all ears. Because I definitely don’t. [/quote]

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