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[quote=Anonymous]My father got more pleasant, but also more anxious and paranoid too. My mother got more moody, but she is in the early stages and lucid and fine most of the time.

OP that really sucks. My MIL is verbally abusive. She has always been bad, but it gets more nasty with age. We point it out, give her a chance to self-correct and when she doesn't we walk out the door when she behaves that way. We tell her why it is unacceptable mostly because we want our kids to learn it is never OK to have someone be verbally abusive.

We have needed to take quote a few extended breaks from her as well. We tried to have various social worker check up on her, but she drove them away. We donated to a charity in her area that works with the elderly and asked if we could pay someone to check in, but they said they only accept donations. She seems to behave a little better with them because they aren't what she calls "shrinky dinks."When she gets nasty, they do the same thing we do, but usually she gets herself back together because she still is obsessed with "keeping up appearances."[/quote]

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