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My father is an alcoholic and mother is stubborn, stroke survivor. She can be difficult in allowing herself to be cared for (refuses meals and bathing, etc) and father doesn't have the patience to care for her, and spends his unemployment/her social security on beer and cigs instead of keeping the home in working order, getting heat, etc.
I've called adult services twice, and they won't step in, they come up with one excuse after the other, first dad wouldn't let them in, now it's that mom is mentally competent enough (which I wish I could contest) to decide on her own caregiving. Along with this, she lies about my fathers neglect, and my sister that lives with them lies also. I'm at such a loss... Posted on 07/01/12, 10:47 pm |
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I know situations like this must be so difficult to sit back and watch. I guess you can just try to go over there as much as possible so that someone is looking in on them. Maybe if you know some of their friends you could ask them to stop by more frequently too. As we age one of the things we fear is losing our independence. Maybe there's a way to help them at least think that they are still independent but keep checking in on them. Hopefully you can work with other family members or friends to help find a solution... 
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