I am 43 & caring for my 91 yr old mother. I can't go anywhere because she requires insulin injections & no one else can give them. Hopefully some respite care will get approved through Medicaid soon but they do not cover injections. I am losing my mind.. No other family to help out.
I run 3 businesses from home and they are struggling due to the economy and my absence. Lately I get less than 6 hours nightly sleep due to the night terrors. I work 1 day a week doing psychic readings at my center for my own financial support. I am a 67 year old only child whose children are not very involved at all. The day that I work my grand-daughter-in law comes in for 4 hours. My mother awakens mid afternoon after a nap on the couch and thinks that everybody has been out all night long and its morning - there's much more. Fortunately after her last 3 hospitalizations, the kidney infection has cleared and she's mostly in her right mind, but I'm going crazy. I am married, but my husband is working at the businesses and helping his son remodel a house. I'm feeling very alone in this one. Fortunately Mother is lucid and on in the mornings and early afternoons. She is my companion as I am hers.
Wish you luck with your search, please keep us posted. May the good Lord bless you!!!
I have been living at my Moms house with my husband I take care of my mom she has Dementia for 4 years now. I go crazy sometimes too. She doesn't sit down some days . She tries to help with things but, she doesn't know what she is doing. I have to rewash dishes. can't get her to bath. I feel like my life is at a stand still too. I am 50 my children live in my house with out me.They are all adults 20's. I understand the feeling you are having I have cried too. What helps me is watching comic shows and laughing. good luck and please hang in there Linda
While they do the bath thing, I may sit and read some or just lay down and shut my eyes! Or I may go outside and weed which is very therapeutic for me!
If you live in a house and can afford to get a bird feeder that holds bricks of seeds, that is a lovely way for you both to sit and possible talk about the lovely birds. Those birds can be quite entertaining!
Anyway, if I think of anything else, I will write. God bless you and yours!
Sometimes when it gets to be too much I retreat to my bedroom or watch a movie but that is still not a real substitute for leaving the house. Perhaps you could find a therapist that makes house calls. There are free ones through the City of Los Angeles and I am sure other cities as well. Having someone to speak to and vent, is priceless!