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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And for what it's worth, after the stroke happened (at a relatively young age, totally unexpectedly), he was in no position to make any competent decisions about hiring anyone.

He would have been sucked dry by charlatans in a heartbeat. [/quote]

You hire the person in advance. We have family members without children who did this. It worked fine. In families with children there were quite a few feuds when the elderly parent lived a long life with many health events. When there are just a few health events over many years it goes smoother. Eventually people have to deal with their own health. My brother deals with family lawsuits all the time where one sibling or more took advantage of the elderly parent. It's more common than you think. Yous eem to think you have all the answers and there is one way to do things and you miss all the gray areas and complications.

OP claims she is just looking for friendship anyway, but if she needs people to come to the doctor's appointments and drive her home from the hospital she will need to hire people if this a long haul. The most you can ask from people with their own families and stressors is to hope they visit you in the hospital and it is their choice.

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