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Caregiving: I’m frustrated and exhausted.

Caregivers | Last Active: Mar 27, 2022 | Replies (223)

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@debiobrien WOW your mom walks a mile and rides a stationary bike every day! Amazing! Maybe you could find a nurse’s aide to come in for a few hours each day to help your aunt bathe and get dressed. The senior center or state (or city or county) department on aging should have some resources for you. Have fun fishing!

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yes shes pretty amazing. she is in better health than me for sure. she cant sit still. shes quite active for sure. NO my aunt would not want anyone coming in and bathing her or do things for her. actually to be honest she a little selfish that she depends on me and my mom to do everything for her she wont even ask her own kids to do anything for her not that they even would. i told her the other day "you know mom is 92 years old also i know she doing well but she is 92 nd get tired more easily these days and im not really well so letting others help might be a big help to us" but she just said well your mom wants to do everything she does so i just let her. they have always taken care of each other their mother died when they were 3 days old not sure why and their father was killed when they were 6 so their grandmother took care of them till they were 16 and she died so they quit school and went to work and lived in a rooming house so they have always depended on each other and always took care of each other and i cant break that bond no matter what i say or do .. my mom is stubborn and will complain about doing so much but yet she jumps right is and does it all for my aunt so i just try and do things for my mom to take a load off her. yes looking forward to getting back to fishing. im allergic to all fish but fun catching them and then mom and aunt can eat them. lol. working on getting the poles with new lines and everything. maybe by next week we can try a early morning hour or so before it gets to hot. its been over 100 most days here in fla lately. have a blessed evening. and sleep well.