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Glenda (glendalee2585)
Age: 50
Gender: Female

I am caring for my father, Glenn, who is 90 years old, living at my home and the primary ailment is vision problems.

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AgingCareTeam gave a hug 11/1/2010 at 12:39 pm

Happy National Family Caregivers Month!

National Family Caregivers month is about honoring yourself as one of the 65 million family caregivers in this country who take care of their loved o ...Read More

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Jsomebody gave a hug 8/8/2010 at 8:15 pm

I know this one like horrible. My (X) brother is a cop in town and everyone thinks he is a really swell guy and relatives will compliment him to me, the useless crazy sister he sexually and physically ...Read More

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anonymous11306 commented 8/8/2010 at 1:43 am

Glenda,

You are so right. The medical world only wants to treat mental illness. Groups such as NAMI, National Alliance for Mental Illness, are grass roots groups of family members and consu ...Read More

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Jsomebody gave a hug 8/7/2010 at 11:47 am

Been there, thrown that away..... when he is not looking. My favorite is his insistence on drinking only purified water, out of cups he pours back wash from one meal to another into other cups.....

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Answered a question 8/8/2010 at 6:20 pm

How do I deal with resentment form my childhood to give my mother the respect she deserves as she ages?

I had one day that I blew up on my father. he was going on and on about one of ouyr family members that he really liked. That family member sexually abused me from 6 to 17. It was more than I could ta ...Read More

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Answered a question 8/7/2010 at 9:42 pm

How do I deal with resentment form my childhood to give my mother the respect she deserves as she ages?

I don't know, I think kids raised in abuse don't know when to call it ENOPUGH. I am learnning to limit the abuse and not just take it. Standing up for me is my whole focus in cousneling right now. Thi ...Read More

Answered a question 8/5/2010 at 2:27 am

How do I deal with resentment form my childhood to give my mother the respect she deserves as she ages?

I just wonder as I read, why are we trying to deal with living with abusive parents because they can not care for themswelves completely. i promise no one would tell me to stay with an abusive spouse ...Read More

Commented on a discussion 8/5/2010 at 2:15 am

Okay I admit it. I want my dad OUT.

Thanks for relying. I know I need to start looking at facilities so that if I make that choice, i will know my options. My problem will be him accepting anything. He refuses any kind of help outside m ...Read More

Commented on a discussion 8/4/2010 at 11:01 pm

Grossed Out? Need to Vent? Just caught Mom using my toothbrush to comb her hair!

Any one her dealing with OCD in a parent. He is driving me crazy with all the things he has to have like twnety papertowels all over the house and TWO rolls of papertowles on the counter at all times ...Read More

Started a discussion 8/4/2010 at 10:50 pm

Okay I admit it. I want my dad OUT.

Okay I admit it. I want my dad OUT. he overuled my good sense in the begining when I took him in as we do not have a good relationship. He is addicted to prescribed morphine, has a hair trigger for an ...Read More

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