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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For folks unwilling to change their behavior or accept help you do nothing and let them live their lives. And yes, you’ll have to deal with the consequences if and when they fall.[/quote]

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I've offered help, money, done research on independent apartments, and more...plus my parents want to move and want to downsize from their house. Yet, like another PP mentioned, their executive functioning skills have deteriorated and I've realized no change will happen until I do EVERYTHING. And I just cannot take that on right now (they are 5-5 hours away), I'm an only, with serious stuff going on in my own nuclear family.

I will say that something small can happen. For years I offered to pay for/set up landscaping help. It wasn't until the riding mower broke and my mobility-challenged dad had trouble returning to the house that they finally found someone themselves to do landscaping this year. And they are happy about it! They tell me about this guy's shiny mower and how fast it is and everything. But they did take some initiative once they had no other choice.[/quote]

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