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[quote=Anonymous]Could you get a geriatric social worker in to evaluate the situation and make suggestions? Sometimes nothing can get done until there is a disaster, someone breaks a hip, someone has a stroke. Can you work on getting power of attorney for healthcare, and Power of Attorney for when they are not able to make decisions for themselves. I have been there. I have worse than an only child. I had to care for 2 elderly parents and deal with a mentally ill sister who was never in the right situation. I got as much help as I could. At some point, you have to let go and let your parents know your boundaries. I finally told my dad (80-something), that I could no longer do stuff for him unless he moved into a retirement home and got some care from someone else. He lived in a home on 3 acres in Potomac and I was 40 minutes away. My mom was in an assisted living place and my sister was who knows where at that time. [/quote]
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