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This is one of my biggest challenges with my parents. My mother is 90 with Alzheimer's and my dad is 95 and just starting to become a little forgetful and repetitive. We have 24/7 care for my mother with five caregivers along with myself (alone I do about 60 hours a week or so) and my sister that comes one day. We are cooking for them both, laundry, housekeeping, etc. My dad doesn't really do much for my mother any longer but wants to sit in the same room with her. After almost 4 years of dealing with this, he still does not get it. I imagine it's because of his age not understanding that she is not the same person she used to be. It will be 67 years in November that they have been married.
Basically, they can't live with each other and yet can't live without each other. We're trying to keep them in their own home.
Life at this stage can be very sad and very depressing. I'm the older of two daughters who is trying their hardest to keep them alive.
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