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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 754886" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>You're a loving daughter, Going. Do you drive to your Mom's? I have no sense of the distances there. It would seem to me that it would be a hard, hard drive in the Winter.</p><p></p><p>Would your mother tolerate a home health aide <em>who wasn't a daughter</em>? I think there may be help through Medicare if the doctor prescribes it. With M's father, a nurse and an aide came a couple times a week, at least I think so. If there was this benefit and she was open to it, it would be a help, I think.</p><p></p><p>I would call Jewish Family Services. Their social workers help families coordinate services for "aging in place." I recognize you want to do what you can. But wouldn't some help, help? I know many Jewish Family Service locations have in-home trauma counseling, because so many of the very old have trauma histories. Your mother sounds so engaged with life, she might find this interesting and stimulating.</p><p></p><p>I brought my mother home to me, and was completely overwhelmed. I am making it a point to have the resources to relocate somewhere where I can get help when I need it--hopefully--before it's too late.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 754886, member: 18958"] You're a loving daughter, Going. Do you drive to your Mom's? I have no sense of the distances there. It would seem to me that it would be a hard, hard drive in the Winter. Would your mother tolerate a home health aide [I]who wasn't a daughter[/I]? I think there may be help through Medicare if the doctor prescribes it. With M's father, a nurse and an aide came a couple times a week, at least I think so. If there was this benefit and she was open to it, it would be a help, I think. I would call Jewish Family Services. Their social workers help families coordinate services for "aging in place." I recognize you want to do what you can. But wouldn't some help, help? I know many Jewish Family Service locations have in-home trauma counseling, because so many of the very old have trauma histories. Your mother sounds so engaged with life, she might find this interesting and stimulating. I brought my mother home to me, and was completely overwhelmed. I am making it a point to have the resources to relocate somewhere where I can get help when I need it--hopefully--before it's too late. [/QUOTE]
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