My mom is one of the worst people you will ever meet, I hate to say. She is controlling, demanding, cruel and has dominated my dad for years. My dad's teeth are rotting and she says "I can't afford to get him dentures," but they have the money and he is the only one that ever earned it, to boot. I'm trying to find something in Florida Law that basically says that "one spouse may not deny the other the care they deserve." I'm about to go make it happen anyway, but I'd like to have something to show her just to prove the point. I consider what she is doing as elder abuse. Thanks!
Perhaps you could point out to her that if it comes to light that he has a head full of rotting teeth - a trip to the ER, an inquisitive GP wondering what that terrible smell is - the finger of blame and shame will point straight at her. How will she live with it, knowing that everyone thinks she's a terrible, neglectful, idle wife?
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