Julie Bove > wrote:

: "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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: > Ozgirl > wrote:
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: > : "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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: > : > My mom doesn't shop for food. And that's a problem. What little food
: > : > they do keep in the house is stuff that my dad buys. Mostly they go
: > : > out to eat. And if they don't do that he gets some sort of fast food.
: > : > I don't think there is any need to go out to pay bills. I have tried
: > : > to get them to do this online but they just refuse to do it that way.
: > : >
: > : > Mostly if they are not going out to eat they are going to the casino
: > : > in another city, to the Dr. (they have a lot of appointments between
: > : > the two of them) and to the massage therapist weekly. They also have
: > : > a maid who comes once a week and they refuse to be home when she is
: > : > there. They also go to the movies a lot too. I honestly don't know
: > : > how they afford it. We go to the movies once a month, mainly because
: > : > they want to go. We can't really afford to go much more often than
: > : > that. And we sure can't dine out as often as they do!
: > : >
: > : > I think all of their prescriptions come by mail. Not sure about the
: > : > insulin. They have my dad on some other kind with meals for now. His
: > : > BG was high when they admitted him but it was good before dinner
: > : > tonight.
: > : >
: > : > The biggest problem is that my mom doesn't do a lot of things for
: > : > herself. She just expects my dad to do these things for her. Or my
: > : > brother. Or my nephew. And she pays him to do things for her. Once
: > : > in a while she will ask me to do something for her. But I have the
: > : > mindset that I will show you once, or maybe even twice how to do
: > : > something and then you'd better be able to do it yourself! Now sure I
: > : > do make exceptions. Like I know she is going blind so if it's a
: > : > matter of having to be able to read or see something, I know she isn't
: > : > capable. But there are things that to me are simple things and she
: > : > refuses to learn how to do them. Like ordering stuff online. She has
: > : > my dad do it for her. She did have me do it once but then she freaked
: > : > when she found out how much the item cost! I had ordered this item
: > : > for her before and I thought she knew that it was expensive but I
: > : > think her memory is really going. She got very upset with me for
: > : > ordering it. So I am really torn on this. And other things involving
: > : > the computer that to me are easy to fix. She normally relies on my
: > : > brother to do computer things because he is a programmer.
: > : >
: > : > I don't think she has ever put gas in the car, taken the car for
: > : > maintenance or repairs. She has never assembled things nor has she
: > : > tried. It is just a given that my dad will do these things for her.
: > : >
: > : > We'll see. Looks like we are not in for a good time though.
: >
: > : Well, it could be difficult but surely they expected there would come a
: > : day?...
: >
: > Given this scenario , with your Mom, not likely to suddently start doing
: > all these things. Is there a senior living place in the area, the kind
: > where you live in an apartment and get meals and once a week cleaning and
: > linen change? This migh tbe what they will have to think of, even if your
: > father regains some mobility, etc. It is a big change and will, probably
: > necessitate their selling their house in this bad markt or, at least
: > renting it. Don't jump and say"never" r "they won't" etc. these kinds of
: > things do become a reality after a shileunless one of you is prepared to
: > have them move in with them, which can be EXTREMELY difficult.

: There is one near us and they have refused to go. My mom said they can
: never move out of their house. She isn't being reasonable on many fronts.
: OTOH it is highly unlikely that their house would sell. They have 1 11/2
: baths and the realtor said people do not want this. Now they want 2 full
: baths.

: Their house is paid off. So they only pay the taxes. There is no way they
: could afford rent unless they could sell the house.

What I said ws they could rent the house (out to someone), thus havig
monthly income for whatever.

Wendy