My mom is 93 years old. She has dementia and currently does have home attendant care in her home. And for a while I was doing every weekend Friday night and Saturday. After work on Friday I would go pick her up and take her back home to my house. Sunday through Friday I work and by the time Monday came around I was exhausted. My sister would take her on Saturday after I dropped my mom off. Even though it was only Friday night and half of Saturday I was so tired. I have a brother who lives only a few blocks away and he says the responsibility of caring for our mom are the daughters. Because we are the women. Our mom needs care 24/7. Mom is very difficult. My sister and I are doing the best we can. I am stressed and neglected my family. All my life if I am true to myself I have put my mom first over my family. I could write a lot more but it is too exhausting for me.
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This really annoys me. Do you and your sibs stand to inherit anything from your mother? Does brother get the same amount? You and your sister should have been paid by your mother, if you all inherit equally.
How will the SNF be paid for? Is your mother Medicaid-eligible, or will she be private pay?
It is time to tend to your own needs and those of your family. That is also part of caring for mom, perhaps the most difficult part, realizing that you just cannot do it any more. Then following through with it and doing something about finding mom the care she needs.
You don’t mention how far along her dementia is, or her other health issues. But aside from the exhaustion and stress you feel, added to by a brother who doesn’t contribute, shuttling your Mom about from house to house could be very confusing for a dementia patient. I have found that they need predictable and familiar surroundings. Even a car ride or trip to my house would confuse Mom, and make her behaviors worse for a day or so. We stopped those trips quickly.