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Originally Posted by jorian
Baz - your Mom is an inspiration.
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Thanks Jorian - that story about your Mom and the post-it notes is hilarious! Please tell her I said hello!
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Originally Posted by billybek
My mom and dad live about 700 meters from my house. Dad is 86 and is starting to look pretty frail and is moving much slower. It is hard sometime to know if it is his hearing problems or if he is kind of out of it but communication can be difficult. For an old rig weldor, he has outlived most of his peers. Mom is two years younger and very with it. She too has shown signs of slowing down physically, but is a very sharp old gal.
On Monday night I was a little annoyed that their flight was delayed 3 hours and I was up at the airport at midnight to pick them up. Then I remembered how lucky I am to have the privilege to be able to do that simple thing for them and how I probably won't be so privileged for very much longer.
I have a question for the brain trust.
1. How did or how do you arrange for inhome care for your parents with out insulting them?
2. How did you or how do you bring up the topic with your siblings to pay for inhome care?
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Billy: Not sure if this will help but a few years ago I was wondering how things were going to play out as my Mom reached her twilight years. One day when I felt the timing was right I just came out and asked her what she had in mind for her well being when the time came she could no longer drive or take care of herself at full capacity. She answered that she had thought about this long and hard and had decided she didn't want to go into a home but rather wanted caregivers to come to her home and do what was needed.
I am still in the dark about how everything is going to play out. There have been some threads about this here. I'm going to try and get a plan together this year so I am more prepared. It's scary but also very important to have a plan.
Good luck with your folks! What you said about being privileged is spot on brother!