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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, this happens a lot and more and more because medicine is so good. It’s very hard on everyone.

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Yes, that's a strange part to this. There is not a lot of quality of life left. We can't take the parent out anymore due to incontinence and also due to the need to move them from wheelchair to car back to wheelchair to wherever we are going. I think they go outside maybe once a month, if that.

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I’m sorry, OP.  My parent, too, is very frail, in a wheelchair, and the activity of transferring from car to wheelchair for routine dr appointments will exhaust them for several days or cause back pain, which makes it harder to care for them.

In addition, due to their cognitive decline, they’ve taken to flipping off and sticking their tongue out at other drivers from the passenger seat, who are just driving along.  I can’t stop them when I’m driving.  I worry about road rage aimed at us.

So, if a little old lady sticks her tongue out or tries to flash you going down the road, it’s not you, it’s Alzheimer’s.[/quote]

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