tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176359.post5282155328744062795..comments2023-10-29T02:06:52.260-06:00Comments on Doc of Ages: When you just can't keep a promise...denverdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574453567392165275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176359.post-35130452432213147082007-12-05T20:55:00.000-07:002007-12-05T20:55:00.000-07:00I appreciate that you three have been there and/or...I appreciate that you three have been there and/or are doing that. Thanks for your supportive comments. Today my Mom had the wherewithal to dial my office number, but dialed it once to tell me she was stranded in a motel and couldn't get out, and the next time not two minutes later to tell me she was stuck in her office and couldn't get out. At least I didn't have to go flying out in the middle of office hours to her home.denverdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574453567392165275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176359.post-71583370746752529252007-12-04T16:34:00.000-07:002007-12-04T16:34:00.000-07:00My husband had to promise that to his mom and when...My husband had to promise that to his mom and when she developed dementia, he had to go back on his promise. He was horrified and she was scared to death, but she ended up really loving the place she had been so afraid of and sadly, she only lived 9 mos. after moving there. We were sorry tht we hadn't done it 2 years before.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176359.post-67288148985730419142007-12-03T22:06:00.000-07:002007-12-03T22:06:00.000-07:00Good advice. So many people have such guilt over...Good advice. So many people have such guilt over having to put their aging parents in a nursing home. But at some point caring for them can become impossible.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176359.post-19913704101501325972007-12-03T21:12:00.000-07:002007-12-03T21:12:00.000-07:00Until you have lived with or cared for someone wit...Until you have lived with or cared for someone with dementia, you can't know what it means. It's 24 hours a day, and it never ever stops. My mother and I are going to do the best we can with my daddy for as long as we can, but we must be realistic. The day will come and we will have to do it. No one should feel guilty that they need that kind of help.<BR/><BR/>You did right by your mother, with a lot of care and love, and I admire that you told your daughter that, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com