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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 213775" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I know this isn't what you asked, but does your mother get respite from him? Does he get out to any senior activities? I'm guessing that he probably would balk at going anywhere if he's a grumpus. But, it will give him something different to do than just be stuck in his house. Does he have a wheelchair? I know how hard that is to get into a chair, but you find that not being able to walk more than ten feet is a worse once you give aided mobility a try.</p><p></p><p>I hope that for a more long run solution you will be able to encourage mother in law to contact Senior Services for some help for him. I'm wondering if maybe I'm not reading the situation right, though. Does he live in the area and/or with her? Wherever he is, he needs some mobility and variety.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 2 week period, I don't know what to say. You can't make your brother in law take care of him. I have two friends who had elderly parents stay with them in the last year or so, just for a visit. K's mother (85 y/o) fell and broke her hip. C's mother (87 y/o) fell and broke her back. Just tooting around the house. Our houses are not set up for elderly folks, especially with a volatile difficult child in the house. It's really dangerous for them to be in a different space that they're not used to maneuvering. Can your mom get a sitter to stay with him in his own home? Both of my friends had horrible guilt after their moms fell. K's mom never made it back into her own home and died about a year later. C's mom had to stay here from NV for an extra 8 weeks and meanwhile some crack-head moved into her house and held a garage sale and sold all of her stuff and wrote $10k worth of checks on her account. Your husband's mother in law needs to rethink all of the things that can happen by putting him someplace he is not familiar with. It's not fair to put it all on you, although I'm sure that she had thought it all through and justified it all to herself before she wrote the e-mail.</p><p></p><p>by the way - what a passive agressive way to ask you to take care of her dad! An e-mail? What a wimp!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 213775, member: 99"] I know this isn't what you asked, but does your mother get respite from him? Does he get out to any senior activities? I'm guessing that he probably would balk at going anywhere if he's a grumpus. But, it will give him something different to do than just be stuck in his house. Does he have a wheelchair? I know how hard that is to get into a chair, but you find that not being able to walk more than ten feet is a worse once you give aided mobility a try. I hope that for a more long run solution you will be able to encourage mother in law to contact Senior Services for some help for him. I'm wondering if maybe I'm not reading the situation right, though. Does he live in the area and/or with her? Wherever he is, he needs some mobility and variety. As far as the 2 week period, I don't know what to say. You can't make your brother in law take care of him. I have two friends who had elderly parents stay with them in the last year or so, just for a visit. K's mother (85 y/o) fell and broke her hip. C's mother (87 y/o) fell and broke her back. Just tooting around the house. Our houses are not set up for elderly folks, especially with a volatile difficult child in the house. It's really dangerous for them to be in a different space that they're not used to maneuvering. Can your mom get a sitter to stay with him in his own home? Both of my friends had horrible guilt after their moms fell. K's mom never made it back into her own home and died about a year later. C's mom had to stay here from NV for an extra 8 weeks and meanwhile some crack-head moved into her house and held a garage sale and sold all of her stuff and wrote $10k worth of checks on her account. Your husband's mother in law needs to rethink all of the things that can happen by putting him someplace he is not familiar with. It's not fair to put it all on you, although I'm sure that she had thought it all through and justified it all to herself before she wrote the e-mail. by the way - what a passive agressive way to ask you to take care of her dad! An e-mail? What a wimp! [/QUOTE]
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