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[quote=Anonymous]My 80 year old parents go to PT, but they live in my childhood home, which is on a hill, with many stairs to get in and out, refuse to modify their home for my dad's disability, and won't clean out their house in any way - in fact my mom claims it is my responsibility and lectures me on "not getting rid valuable things when the time comes." This is all to say that old people are frustrating and set in their ways. My mom, in particular, seems to be getting tunnel vision in her old age, and she is completely unwilling to receive suggestions from me or anyone. To your point, it's very childish. We just have to accept that - while irrational and sometimes self destructive - they have the right to make their own choices. We have to let it play it. We get to decide what our boundaries are and stick to them - for instance, I will be calling a house clean up service and valuable things will likely be missed. Oh well. [/quote]
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