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[quote=Anonymous]My FIL had a massive stroke about 5 years ago.  For 2 years, MIL tried her best to keep him at home with her.  She was a retired nurse, and finally did get some help when it got to be too tough.  He was borderline non verbal, has no short term memory, cannot walk unassisted, and is completely incontinent.  MIL, tried, until one day we got a call that he pushed her (he did not understand, and sometimes would get combative when he wanted to do differently than she was suggesting).  Anyway, MIL broke her hip.  DH and I went down, stayed with FIL.  When MIL's doctor said she could not even think about caring for him for 4 months while she recovered from surgery, we had to emergently put him in a nursing home.  DH returned to be with our kids, and I actually packed him up and brought him there.  It was AWFUL.  I bawled my eyes out after I left.  In the end, MIL decided it was time he needed to be cared for elsewhere.  To this day though, she tells me how grateful she was that I was the one who took him, she said she was not sure if she could handle it.  It is TOUGH, but she will feel better as she sees it is the right choice.[/quote]

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