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So my dad passed away in Feb. My mom has dementia and he is the one that took care of her one of my sisters and I both live out of state. One sister lives nearby. We have her grandkids helping her all young adults. My sister that lives out of state visits once a month she has no kids but does work full-time, my other sister lives close by and goes over every few days. They are upset because I can't come as often I have a son with disabilities and hates to travel and a husband that works really long hours. I try to get there as often as possible but it is never enough. I hate not being able to, but I work a full time job as well. My job is not as gracious with time off as my other sisters, If I could find a more lenient job that lets me work from home ( I work from home currently) with a guaranteed paycheck I would gladly apply and try to go more often. They just kind of took everything over and I let them because well I do not like DRAMA I want to help more but they always tell me no they have it under control. Just as my dad passed away I tried to help and got pushed out of the way I just do not know what else to do. When I try to discuss it with them they blow up so I am out of ideas. So here I have sisters hat say I don't do anything to help yet will not let me help. Of course I call my mom daily and her sister comes every 3 months from way out of state. So please give me ideas to help and not cause friction.

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You do nothing. They can't seem to make up their minds. When they say u do nothing tell them seems they want you to do it in their time, not when you have time. I know people who work from home, they time clock in and out just like those who go to an office. They are monitored closely. You have a disabled child. Your husband is not home to care for him.

I will bet they think working from home your time is yours. You may want to put them straight.
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waytomisery Jun 2024
This is true . My husband’s job will know if you’ve been away from your computer when working from home if your mouse hasn’t moved for an hour .
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None of you should be doing this. If mom cannot live on her own with minimal help, then she needs to move into a facility that has her care level. Expecting you to jeopardize your financial future is insane.
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The best help you can give is to your family, meaning the one you live with. You’re being bullied by your siblings, perhaps borne out of their frustration with an overwhelming situation, but no matter, it’s simply wrong to demand more than you have to give. It’s great that you’re calling and providing help as you can, that’s exactly what you should be doing, nothing more. Please stop listening to their berating comments, it’s undeserved and soul crushing. Let the friction be just theirs. I wish you peace
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Your mom has dementia, and her care is more than can be handled at home. She needs to be in a memory care facility now.

None of you owe your mom destroying your life, work and family situations. It is not required that you take care of her at all. To be blunt, your dad and mom didn't make plans for their old age. They dumped their aging problems on you, your siblings and their grandkids. That's not fair!

The best thing you could do to help is stay out of the personal care and find out what you need to do to get mom placed in a care facility where she'll have professional care. Then present the ideas to the rest of the family and insist that what you owe to mom is PROFESSIONAL care, not a clobbered-together mishmash of reluctant family caregivers who all have a right to their own lives. If you can't accomplish getting mom into care, then go your own way.

You need to take care of yourself, your precious son, your husband and your work. Your family comes first - not your disagreeable extended family and/or mom.
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