My 75 year old mom suffers from moderate dementia. I've an hour away and don't drive. My brother lives 5 miles away and does drive, so he's been elected to be her on-call support, chauffeur, handyman and explainer. I go down on the occasional weekend to give him some relief. This has been going on for a year or so, and my brother who isn't the most patient of people, is being driven berserk.
We've been trying to convince to go into an assisted living situation, but she won't leave the house the family has lived in for 44 years. She constantly complains of boredom and isolation (she lives out in the boonies, can't drive, has no useful hobbies, and all her friends have died or moved far away), but won't leave the house.
To the others with elderly/handicapped parents, I feel for you.
We've been trying to convince to go into an assisted living situation, but she won't leave the house the family has lived in for 44 years. She constantly complains of boredom and isolation (she lives out in the boonies, can't drive, has no useful hobbies, and all her friends have died or moved far away), but won't leave the house.
To the others with elderly/handicapped parents, I feel for you.