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[quote=Anonymous]We are on good terms and chat about once a week, sometimes I help her with some things like neighbors do.
She is not in great shape, still works as a live in caregiver (so it’s not really her house and she is supposed to leave once her charge passes away), and her family is on another continent.

She told me she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and she just brushes it off like it’s no biggie. She does take the pills but she is dragging her feet in scheduling the brain scan that’s supposed to confirm the diagnosis.

I am worried she has no one here who is willing to take on her care. To be completely honest I don’t want to be “it” even though she does have some sort of friends.

She isn’t making any plans. She doesn’t even have a follow up appointment with the dr who diagnosed her.

Is there anything I can tell her that would help her in her care? I only did some basic research and looks like she’ll need PT, and that her condition can become way worse in about 5 years even despite pills.

Ideally I think she should go back to her family and settle there before she becomes disabled, but she seems to have some fantasies about how she’ll get a section 8 apartment and how she will retire after her charge passes away (she may decline way before then, imho). She also says she’ll hire care but who is going to oversee her care if she has no family around?
Honestly it’s like watching a train wreck. 
Or maybe I’m catastrophizing? 
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