tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524528659549738765.post6329664355572730734..comments2023-06-14T02:08:34.747-07:00Comments on AmyKossBlogThang: Take Care!Amy Goldman Kosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12097402730754013139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524528659549738765.post-22974747180898509992014-10-17T09:46:20.583-07:002014-10-17T09:46:20.583-07:00Thank you for sharing your story and the Aging Par...Thank you for sharing your story and the Aging Parents, Scary Home article in the LA Times. It's hard to deal with the guilt that comes when everything you feel you need to do to help your parents is ill-received. In my family I'm the tyrant that sold the car, cleared the garbage from the hoarded apartment aka "threw out her life's treasures," and who (in her eyes) apparently has no regard for her as I keep giving away her treasures and throwing away her garbage rescues. I know eventually I'll also have to put her in a home, but like your parents she will also not understand anything she is doing wrong or needs help with. She still feels that she's completely capable of being independent. And it's so hard to enjoy things for yourself...so much guilt lurking in the back of your head... I feel for you. I feel for me. Good luck finding ways to cope and continue to remind yourself it's for their best interest and yours, and that it's okay to worry about your sanity as well. There are many of us out there - taking care of parents instead of ourselves. Thank you for being our voice!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352991584568142571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524528659549738765.post-34547251287321263472014-10-16T06:54:00.058-07:002014-10-16T06:54:00.058-07:00I read your article in the Chicago Tribune today a...I read your article in the Chicago Tribune today and it was dead on accurate.Everything you say about the uneven care recieved at "rehab" facilities, to the unpractical advice from others "to take care of yourself." If a family member is not an active part of caregiving, then our loved ones are at risk to be ill treated in these types of facilities. It breaks your heart. Just wanted you to know that your article hit the mark and that your readers are thinking about you and your Mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com