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Archive August 2008
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My fiancé broke off our engagement because he said caring for my mom has taken over my life.
September 01, 2008
Caregiving has destroyed my personal life! I know that sounds dramatic, but last year my mother, who is 69, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a "reverse Alzheimer's" that takes away behavioral and social skills and later attacks the memory. ... Read more
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My brother won't share financial information about our dad's assets, and it's tearing the family apart.
August 25, 2008
My brother has durable power of attorney for my dad, who has dementia. There are seven other siblings. My brother has not and will not provide financial information about Dad's assets and resources. He isn't forthcoming with the money to fund our dad's professional care nor to reimburse expenses incurred...... Read more
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I can't stop feeling that I was an inadequate caregiver to my mom.
August 18, 2008
I am a 56-year-old registered nurse. I took time off work to care for my 81-year-old mother when she was dying of lung cancer. I had little support from my husband or my siblings: "You're the nurse" was their attitude. I was very close to my mother and talked with her every day. But I feel my care for her was inadequate and I wish I had done a better job...... Read more
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I took the brunt of my dad's nastiness my whole life. Now I am his caretaker and I resent it.
August 11, 2008
My dad has been a handful all his life -- prone to making demeaning and very sarcastic remarks. I am his oldest child, and my mom and I took the brunt of this as I was growing up. Now he is almost 90 years old and has vascular and frontotemporal dementia. Since my mom died four years ago, my husband and I have been his primary caregivers...... Read more
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I was the beneficiary of my mother's trust deposit until that was changed to her husband's name a couple of months before she died -- and I think it was done illegally.
August 04, 2008
My mother moved from Orlando (where I live) to Miami about eight years ago when she remarried. She died three months ago, and she had a certificate of deposit in trust for me that she gave me a copy of about six years ago.... Read more
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- My fiancé broke off our engagement because he said caring for my mom has taken over my life.
- My brother won't share financial information about our dad's assets, and it's tearing the family apart.
- I can't stop feeling that I was an inadequate caregiver to my mom.
- I took the brunt of my dad's nastiness my whole life. Now I am his caretaker and I resent it.
- I was the beneficiary of my mother's trust deposit until that was changed to her husband's name a couple of months before she died -- and I think it was done illegally.
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