http://agingparentrescue.com Help your elderly parents live independently Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://agingparentrescue.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-122 Joe Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:34:52 +0000 http://agingparentrescue.com/?page_id=2#comment-122 That's such a tough situation. I'm not really sure what to suggest. Maybe the first step is to try to find out from her why she made those choices. You might want to talk to a family therapist for ideas on communicating with her, or with a lawyer. I'm glad you have a neighbor there who is looking out for her. That’s such a tough situation. I’m not really sure what to suggest. Maybe the first step is to try to find out from her why she made those choices. You might want to talk to a family therapist for ideas on communicating with her, or with a lawyer. I’m glad you have a neighbor there who is looking out for her.

]]> http://agingparentrescue.com/about/comment-page-1#comment-121 Bill Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:15:55 +0000 http://agingparentrescue.com/?page_id=2#comment-121 My mother is far from me and my brother. We just had a scare. A neighbor who knows us called and told us that she noticed the trash cans still out after 2 days at my mothers place. We called and the phone was disconnected but my brother had talked to her three days ago. The neighbor had pounded on the door to see if everything was OK. There was no answer. My mothers car was in its parking place that is when the neighbor called my brother. I called the police and asked them to check on my mother. When they got there everything was as I have discribed. They too pounded on all the doors but no answer. The looked for a hidden key nothing. They called and told me what they had found and asked for authority to enter the property. I gave it. Mom was inside and refused to answer the door and seemed to be fine the officer said. I spoke with her and explained that my brother and I were worried and that I had the offices make entry when she did not answer the door. She has no phone to call her back and I told her she needed to have the phone reconnected the next day and call me. I asked her if she wanted to come to her and she said no (we are several stated away). My brother and I have no idea and do not want to anger our mother. What should we do? My mother is far from me and my brother. We just had a scare. A neighbor who knows us called and told us that she noticed the trash cans still out after 2 days at my mothers place. We called and the phone was disconnected but my brother had talked to her three days ago. The neighbor had pounded on the door to see if everything was OK. There was no answer. My mothers car was in its parking place that is when the neighbor called my brother. I called the police and asked them to check on my mother. When they got there everything was as I have discribed. They too pounded on all the doors but no answer. The looked for a hidden key nothing. They called and told me what they had found and asked for authority to enter the property. I gave it. Mom was inside and refused to answer the door and seemed to be fine the officer said. I spoke with her and explained that my brother and I were worried and that I had the offices make entry when she did not answer the door. She has no phone to call her back and I told her she needed to have the phone reconnected the next day and call me. I asked her if she wanted to come to her and she said no (we are several stated away). My brother and I have no idea and do not want to anger our mother. What should we do?

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