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18 Nov
2:00pm, 18 Nov 2024
71,053 posts
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LindsD
Thanks. That's how I see it, too. She's just selfish.
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18 Nov
2:08pm, 18 Nov 2024
54,732 posts
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McGoohan
We've got to the 'only one thing per day' stage too. MiL can't handle anything out of the ordinary. She also has no foresight about what might be needed.
We just had a call from the carer: MiL is running out of incontinence mats for FiL.
Okay, we can bring some on Friday.
Er, no. They only have two left.
Great. Best we can do today is an Amazon order arriving tomorrow.
And yet, MiL has a cupboard with 25 packets of biscuits and will want more ordering on Wednesday, the shopping day.
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18 Nov
2:13pm, 18 Nov 2024
3,188 posts
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Grast_girl
Grandma is 85 this year and still living alone fairly comfortably. My mum (not her daughter) and 2 of her 3 children (not my dad) are pretty good at dealing with the stuff she can't, but that's not that much. She has relented to getting a gardener (mostly for the lawn and significant pruning). She has not bothered with any technology. She can deal with more than one thing in a day, but tends to schedule a quiet day afterwards to recuperate.
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18 Nov
4:12pm, 18 Nov 2024
25,161 posts
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3M
My F-i-L (age 92) is a shocker for doing several things in a day, then complaining he's really tired and feeling sorry for himself for a couple of days. Rinse and repeat!
TBH, the "one thing a day" is sometimes all I can deal with too!
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18 Nov
4:13pm, 18 Nov 2024
33,020 posts
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macca 53
Hugs to those who need them and congratulations to thos who have parents who are still managing themselves admirably. I hope to be the latter (eventually), but it’s not really in my gift to say that’s how it will turn out ((()))
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18 Nov
7:00pm, 18 Nov 2024
27,688 posts
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Bazoaxe
We had the same with the incontinence pads and started to hide two packs so there was always a supply
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19 Nov
3:42pm, 19 Nov 2024
9,518 posts
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Ally-C
I’m monitoring my ma’s bank account. At no point has she any idea how much money she has. It’s like watching a child playing shops.
Has been like that for 50 years. One minute you’d be out for something to eat, next minute electricity cut off 😂
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19 Nov
4:55pm, 19 Nov 2024
20,233 posts
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Mandymoo
9.57 arrives at 10.28 which is too late
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19 Nov
4:55pm, 19 Nov 2024
20,234 posts
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Mandymoo
Oops that wasn't meant for here at all 😂😂😂
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8:14am
8:14am, 20 Nov 2024
10 posts
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NRGEE
CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE?
want a falls alarm bracelet that you press a button and it will contact me or my sister NOT a central station.something not so sensitive that it keeps going off in bed when you turn over mum has alzheimers and fallen 4 x.many thanks . has digital land lines and can't use a mobile phone or smart phone.Want a recommended one. she won't wear a pendant. please f mail me or add to this forum
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The Sandwich Generation - Aged Ps and children to care for?
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