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Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 19 hours ago | Replies (21)

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Hello @nana59 welcome to connect. It sounds like you are walking that fine line we all feel when caring for someone we love.
My own belief is that you should not feel guilt about the choices others make for themselves. If they don’t want to visit him, then that is a choice they make. His condition makes it unreasonable for him to travel half way across the country, and can you imagine the fiasco of an airport?
I can however make one suggestion regarding the zoom visits. We fit my aunt with a pair of blue tooth aftershokz, that is a bone conduction head set that also allows natural sound. I use them when I do meetings on my computer and they are amazing for the hard of hearing in many cases.
Kudos to you for taking care of him, and putting his need ahead of the wants of others, I know how difficult this is and how much guilt you can feel. Remember, you are one person doing the very best you can for another person and remembering how he was when you first decided to bring him home with you can sometimes help you get through when you have to make the hard choices for him.
How long has your father lived with you? Have the other family members made a visit or looked for ways to help with caring for your dad from a distance?

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@auntieoakley My Father has lived with me for 2 years now. No other members of the family have visited, nor have they volunteered to help with the caregiving, either financially or physically. I really do not begrudge them as I do know how hard it is. My disappointment lies is the fact that we have a large family in Colorado, and no one stepped up when he was being abused and exploited.

@auntieoakley My father has a cochlear implant in one ear and wears a hearing aid on the other ear. Do you know if the aftershokz device would work for him and where would I find out about it. What company sells it so I could possibly research what it accommodates regarding the extra hearing devices presently used. Could you possibly send me a link to the website so I can investigate it. Thanks.