Dealing with elderly parent while on the road
We are contemplating purchasing a MH and becoming "snow birds". My (wife) mother is 93 still lives alone and does not drive. I help as much as I can with groceries, dr appt etc. Does anyone have su...
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Padlin wrote:
Assisted Living, take Mom along, or forget the MH for a while.
This. Unfortunately. Even if she is in the best of mental health, leaving for that long isn't possible unless there are other reliable relatives to check in with her daily.
DH is the only child of an only child. His GP lived until 94, and we went through end of life with him. He was diagnosed with lung cancer 8 weeks before he died. Until about 3-4 months before he died he was spry, still drove and had his coffee groups. We are lucky that his decline went quickly but it was also heck to go thorough. He steadily became more demanding once he turned 91.
