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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened with my parents too. It so hard especially when you have your own kids and job.  If you put yourself in the old persons shoes you'd likely be nasty too. First of all they are in pain,  tired, on meds, not getting exercise or much fun. They are basically on death row and feel angry, scared, helpless, depressed, disconnected, dealing with a lot of personal losses.[/quote]

My plan is to make sure I am well medicated! I don't ever want to turn into a nasty and hateful person no matter how old, uncomfortable and scared I get.  Life is really too short by then to be cruel and I hope I will recall what this behavior did to me as I tried to balance everything.[/quote]

I get the sense that sometimes it's the medication that makes them cranky?  I wish there were some daily test people could do to detect crankiness and make people aware.  Self-awareness seems so lacking.  I am 50 and truly pray I do not end up like this.  I am going to tell my daughters to ignore me if I'm a brat.  My husband and I have enough savings that we plan to never burden our daughters, and if our personalities change, I'll tell them not to feel guilty and to just ignore us.[/quote]

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