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Caregiving: I’m frustrated and exhausted.
Caregivers | Last Active: Mar 27, 2022 | Replies (223)Comment receiving replies
I think it's in our DNA. I don't know if you read what I said, chosen one in the family. There is always that one family member that takes on the responsibility of caring for a loved one and not so loving loved one. My family did not help me with my mother including my daughter. I guess the me and I generation. Wishing you a good evening.
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i agree it does always seem to be that one person who steps up and thanks the situation in hand.
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I wish I could agree with this, @kimspr3 but I don’t see this issue as a failing of a younger generation, rather as fundamental societal changes. Unfortunately I have encountered far too many ailing individuals who have no support. The world has changed dramatically. I grew up in a town with all my extended family within blocks. In less than a generation there are now no family members in that entire state and even the extended families are spread across the country for jobs, etc. In many of the rural communities I have visited, the town itself is dying, offering no potential support structures and a small aging population.
My upper sixties BIL and MIL have both agreed if one or the other is incapacitated they have the permission to leave.
Caregiving in our country is a huge, often unacknowledged and unmet need.