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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you haven’t been responsible for an elderly parent dying of cancer, handling daily caregiving or coordinating care/coverage while you work, taking them to medical appointments, arranging hospice, etc.  then you don’t understand how hard it can be…especially when money is tight and you have other responsibilities.

If you haven’t had to deal with an elderly parent with dementia, you have no clue what the special kind of hell it can be…especially when they aren’t capable of recognizing the initial stages and are paranoid and angry…or when they disappear, etc.

It’s easier to lose your parent in an accident or heart attack than to suffer alongside them for years or decades while being the primary caregiver. Trust me. [/quote]

Why do you assume losing a parent and also dealing with elder care issues are mutually exclusive? I have dealt with all of those things. Many people do. And that does not make losing a parent easier, and it certainly does not make it any less tone deaf to complain about having to visit a parent when a friend has just lost theirs and is still grieving.

Some of you are so very clueless [/quote]

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