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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s okay to take a break.  Give yourself permission without feeling guilty.  My mom is older and used to be kind but now is so angry and lashes out for everything.  I had to step away from the regular contact for a little while for my mental health.  Like your mom, she is taken care of and had plenty of friends and social interaction.  You also have to take care of yourself and breath a little.

I’ve spent a lot of time reading the elder care forum and talking with my own friends.  It’s sad to see how common the anger and anxiety are.  I’m sorry you are going through this.  [/quote]

If you realize how common anger and anxiety are, then why can't you find it in yourself to continue regular contact? How hellish to enter that phase of old age only to have people abandon you in your hour of need, for something one can't even help.[/quote]

You obviously don’t know what this is like.  Giving my self a break without contact in this case meant I have gone 3 days without speaking to her, while I have still checked in with others.  It’s not weeks or months.  I was at least calling and talking to her daily and it can be a lot on top of working and taking care of my own family.  Judge away but you can’t relate until you have lived it.  I have other siblings too and they have spoken to her this week on the phone and in person.  She is far from abandoned.  [/quote]

So if there are other siblings besides you and the poisonous brother, then perhaps there should be a family meeting about your mother’s care.  Share all financial statements with them as well and they can back you up when the awful brother complains about you [/quote]

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