How Taking Care Of An Elderly Parent Affects Your Marriage
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Julia Austin
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How to get through it
Listen to me: your spouse is right. Your parent might, right now, become angry that you hire a nurse because she feels needy. But if your parent could go back and time, and answer the question, “Should I get a nurse for you” when she was 40, she’d say, “Yes. Please. Live your life. Enjoy your youth.” You don’t need to give up your life to take care of your parent. Interviewing and finding a kind, responsible nurse for your parent, while still visiting him regularly, is taking care of him.
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