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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm really sorry that there are people on this thread taking shots at you/telling you that you need anger management/saying you're not a nice person/whatever.  They haven't been there, and they don't know what it is like.  And I totally get how hard it can be to talk to the SW who is the professional who is supposed to be helping  your parents and to have that professional unwilling to recognize that the parents are making a very bad choice that affects the whole family, not just them.

It's easy to say "hire help" but then the parents reject the help or bully the help.  I've had people quit on my elderly relative after one afternoon and tell their managers that they will never set foot in her house again.  Out there just isn't money for help.  People have no idea how expensive it is.  And as the child, what are your options?  It's fine to say "it's the parents' money and the parents' choice and if they go bankrupt that's their choice," but the truth is that you as the child will feel enormous internal and external pressure to start paying their bills.

I'm really sorry - this stuff is so difficult. Hang in there.[/quote]

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