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In reply to the discussion: Sad and Confused...My friend shot his mother on Mother's Day [View all]NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)My Husband and I took care of my Father In Law for 12 years in our home along with the help of his mother, although she really took care of our kids so we could focus on the father, she really couldn't deal with him. He had Alzheimer's the entire time.... it was stressful and there were 3 of us adults but we had two children as well. We built a bigger house, we equipped it with what we needed, but it was still damn hard, damn hard, I can't imagine doing that alone, I feel nothing but compassion for this man who had to go it alone. We are now taking in my Mother In Law who just had a serious fall and is in rehab hospital, she lived on her own for only four years.... so now we are going to go through it again, the two of us, with 2 children who are both leaving to start their own lives next year.... but she still has her faculties, but there are only two of us, it's a scary road no matter how you look at it, and there isn't nearly the help one needs... there is no way to escape for a single day. My prayers go out to this man that he can recover both physically and emotionally, it's a sad situation to say the least..... but I understand it.