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What do you do when your parent, or loved one, can no longer care for themselves, but refuses assistance either in home or in an AL?
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lkdrymom
Answered Jan 2022
Where to begin?
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BarbBrooklyn
Answered May 2021
How to get help for my parents' drinking to save my own family from my parents?
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NYDaughterInLaw
Answered Jun 2021
Beyond disappointed; I’m so severely depressed having to deal with a mother like this. Any advice?
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SueC1957
Answered Mar 2018
Mother has a gambling problem. Any advice?
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thunderman
Answered Mar 2020
What can you do about phone or computer addiction?
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Caldinea
Replied Nov 2022
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Looking for advice on my mom, any positive feedback is greatly appreciated.
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amoeba
Answered Jan 2023
What options do I have?
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NeedHelpWithMom
Replied Mar 27, 2024
My mother is showing obvious signs of dementia such as short term memory loss. Her husband (my step dad) will not share her diagnosis with children.
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Taarna
Answered Aug 30, 2023
New dementia symptom: Level 10 pain with good bp and good heart rate. Is she addicted to opioids?
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AlvaDeer
Replied Jun 3, 2023
Advice on helping elderly parent quit smoking?
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BurntCaregiver
Answered Mar 2023
I never want to speak to my alcoholic, narcissist mother again. How do I deal with burnout before actual care has even started?
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Way2tired
Answered Mar 2023
I'm at a loss for what to do.
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JayJessW
Replied Aug 2019
Elderly mother is an addict - please offer suggestions.
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JoAnn29
Answered Apr 2018
My mom is always pressuring me to bring her hydrocodone directly to her and not to the front desk of her assisted living facility. Advice?
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jelbiry
Answered Aug 2021
Will assisted living take my alcoholic father???
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AlvaDeer
Answered Apr 2021
Is my parent addicted to pain medication? How much is too much?
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Liz123
Answered Apr 2014
Has anyone dealt with late in life drug dependency/addiction?
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taimedowne
Answered Oct 12, 2023
Don't know what to do.
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Beatty
Replied Oct 31, 2023
Mother had her back injection on Friday.
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MargaretMcKen
Answered Jan 1, 2024
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