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"How long do I have to last?" asks Mom 7 MissMillie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 27 3157

"This Is My Life Now" -- An Interview with a Nursing Home Resident 2 left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 2 2601

"The chair incident" - when Dad falls on the floor 6 Aerows Aug 2015 Feb 2017 0 3464

'We Thought Within a Year, She Would Be Gone.' When Mom's Care Costs Over $1 Million. 0 question everything Jun 2023 Jun 2023 13 4531

100 years young 7 Lilaclady Apr 2023 Nov 2023 9 2164

Aging in place symposium: planning, spacial justice in aging societies 3 mahina Oct 2019 Jan 2020 2 2787

Anyone ever go crazy in front of the hospice people? 9 Ilsa Sep 2022 Oct 2022 12 3936

Anyone have experience with transitioning aging parents from senior apartments to a home? Emotional 6 GPV Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 3290

Anyone know about "wards of the state" 12 Takket Aug 2022 Nov 2022 10 2001

Anyone thinking through a plan for preparing our elder folks for COVID-19? 6 JudyM Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2796

Assisted Care, Hospice, and the financial soaking of the elderly 11 SHRED Aug 2015 Jan 2020 6 5980

Bad news in the family has turned my MIL into an ugly person. 9 Ilsa Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 3068

Basic phone for hearing impaired ? 7 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Jan 2022 0 2632

Best news ever: Dad's biopsy came back negative 7 MissMillie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 12 2143

Can anyone tell me how much help they receive from hospice at their home? 12 Ilsa Apr 2022 May 2022 4 4692

Caregiver sources website 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 2 2559

Caregiving Resource Center 1 rug Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 3051

Committed to a date for memory care facility today 39 leighbythesea2 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 31 5084

Considering communal living as a senior, in the future. 8 mahina Sep 2014 Dec 2014 0 4821

Countdown to Mom moving in -- 7 Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2014 Feb 2017 2 3519

Dad has opted to get the biopsy 0 MissMillie May 2019 May 2019 2 1883

Dad saw the gastroenterologist this week 9 MissMillie May 2019 May 2019 8 2873

Dad's gall bladder surgery may have revealed something even more serious 9 MissMillie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 2659

Did anybody see this thread in LBN? 3 Habibi Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2971

Do I risk pissing him off and clean, or do I turn my back and shrug? 7 phylny Sep 2014 Feb 2019 0 3880

Do old people tend to sleep a lot? 31 CountAllVotes Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 3940

Doing initial research for In-Home vs Memory Care in a facility... god this is rough. 19 FirstLight Dec 2020 Jan 2021 13 4277

Drove home from Mom's Assisted Living Facility in tears today 16 Novara Apr 2015 Feb 2017 5 5102

Elder care, such as it is 12 NQAS Nov 2021 Dec 2021 6 2226

Elder mother-in-law refuses to move to assisted living 14 groundloop Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 4208

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executor of will question... 14 samnsara Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 2954

Fuck me, man! I don't wish this shit on anyone. 44 Glamrock May 2021 Dec 2021 67 11742

FUUUUUUCKK! 26 Glamrock Jan 2021 Jan 2021 18 2663

HALLWAY BINGO! (I love this idea so much!) 2 NurseJackie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 10 2750

has anyone applied for, or got Hardship Mail Delivery? 5 samnsara Mar 2017 Dec 2018 1 8629

Hello everyone 1 bluecollar2 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1916

Hello, I just discovered this group. 2 Delmette Nov 2015 Nov 2015 1 2638

Help 17 Aerows Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 4974

Home medical alert systems? 2 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 0 2002

how to deal with a defiant elderly parent... 11 samnsara Feb 2018 Mar 2018 5 3825

How to find in-home help for dad? 5 Blue_playwright May 2019 May 2019 0 2591

I am seeing clips of Charles talking about his Mother, I cannot imagine me there 4 irisblue Sep 2022 Sep 2022 4 3635

I can't help but wonder about Mom's care 1 MissMillie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2441

I could use some feedback on a delicate situation. 15 politicat Jun 2014 Oct 2014 2 5143

I feel resentment toward my sister 6 Aerows Oct 2014 Dec 2018 5 4669

I got to see Mom today 12 MissMillie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 12 2942

I had a post today that was posted just to blow off some steam... 7 Glamrock May 2021 May 2021 32 7744

I had a wonderful visit w/ my Mom this past week 7 MissMillie Nov 2019 Jan 2020 20 2749

I MISS MY MOTHER!!!!!!!! 22 MissMillie Jan 2020 Feb 2022 25 4619

I never wanted to come here.......I need it now. Husband is losing his mind....short term memory 32 a kennedy Jun 2022 May 4 21 6472

I said No today 1 Aerows Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2701

I will never be an elder-caregiver again. [View all] 149 Ilsa Nov 2022 Nov 2022 195 18304

I'm going to get to see my mom Monday 5 MissMillie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 14 2766

I'm in complete despair 36 ThoughtCriminal Sep 2023 Oct 2023 40 4675

ICYMI: Women Just Took Another Hit By vetoing investment in the care economy, Republicans once aga 7 niyad Sep 2022 Sep 2022 7 4054

is anyone dealing with a personality disordered parent? 7 starshine00 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 0 4011

Is anyone here 6 Aerows Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3571

Is there a discussion regarding life insurance matters somewhere on DU? 3 Grasswire2 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 2761

Is there a phone volunteer service... 7 OneGrassRoot Mar 2022 Apr 2022 4 2269

Is there an easy way to get rid of urine odors? 18 NurseJackie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 3329

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Is there anything in the Covid relief bill that will provide financial assistance... 0 NurseJackie Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 6751

It all went to hell 1 Aerows Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3347

Just curious about everyone's story. How many are 28 Habibi Jun 2014 Mar 2022 3 10113

Kind Ways to Respond When a Person With Dementia Forgets Someone Has Died 5 NurseJackie Mar 2020 Oct 2020 6 3562

Looking for a decent alert system 2 SHRED Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 2363

Looking for ideas on how to keep a fidgety senior from getting into trouble. My 100 y/o stepdad 12 RamblingRose May 2022 Jun 2022 3 3099

Losing a parent before you lose the parent 10 MissMillie Feb 2019 Dec 2019 11 4200

Mom fell and broke her ankle yesterday 4 MissMillie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2215

Mom passed early this morning. [View all] 59 MissMillie Jul 2020 Feb 2022 64 5728

Mom was taken to the hospital yesterday 5 MissMillie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 17 3507

My book on Aging in Place is available on Amazon! 9 Trueblue Texan Mar 2020 Oct 2023 9 5440

My dad is 92 today 15 MissMillie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 44 2719

my dad just passed. at 9:40 am today :( My two sisters are trying to challange my executorship.. 42 samnsara Apr 2019 Aug 2019 23 5359

My father passed away a couple of hours ago. 45 Dial H For Hero Mar 2021 Mar 2021 77 6760

My live-in-the-basement MIL has mild dementia, 31 Ilsa Jan 2020 Feb 2020 9 5500

My mom has been in several facilities because of a stroke and then because 6 Maraya1969 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 2824

My mom's care facility has suspended visits 8 MissMillie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 12 2697

My mother has Alzheimer's and I just got her one of those robotic cats. [View all] 81 femmedem Dec 2019 Jan 2020 176 12183

My parent is having a hard time opening OTC childproof medication bottles 11 RamblingRose Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 3954

My sister gave me a heartbreaking report about Mom today 8 MissMillie Aug 2019 Sep 2019 15 3206

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