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[quote=Anonymous]I hope in future robots will take over eldercare. Like in Wall-e.

I have been looking after my ILs and my DH's aunt since past 10 years.  They live next to us in their own homes. We bought the properties together. Before COVID, I would go with my cleaning lady and clean their homes, check up on their supplies, change sheets, make a list of what they were running out etc. Since the pandemic, I don't have the help of the cleaning lady and I am not able to clean properly. Bedsheets are being changed every 2-3 weeks.   I am cooking dinner for everyone and we all are eating at my IL's home. DH runs the dishes.  We are talking 5 adults and 2 kids.  I have no problems looking after them  because they are still mobile and able to take care of themselves.  Every 3-4 weeks, DH's brother and his family, his cousin sister (aunt's DD) and her family and all of us met up for a casual haircut/potluck day.  Another neighbor who is a hairdresser cut the hair of everyone who needed a cut in IL's backyard. We make something simple to eat - lasagna-soup-salad, pasta-soup-salad, pizza-soup-salad, baked chicken-rice-salad, tacos-salad etc.  Parents run errands because all kids are together (9 cousins in all).  I give the oldies pedicures and cut their toenails.   Between DH, BIL, cousin and I, we handle banking and medical appts for them.

All of this was pre-COVID. The entire extended family with help from paid service providers  were able to look after them. With COVID, it has become very hard and not easy to look after everyone the way we were used to.  The isolation has really made them sad and scared. I feel that they aged 10 years. It was a hard time because kids had to quarantine themselves and then I had to quarantine myself to make sure that we are not contagious. [/quote]

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