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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
My elderly mother is clearly having some serious issues. She's convinced that the basement of my house has some toxic salt that's attacking her and ruining all her stuff. I've suggested we need to go to a Doctor to try and get a referral to get some tests done. But I get the you think I'm crazy...but someone has sabotaged all my stuff, and the emotional responses one would anticipate. As an adult you can make your kids go to a doctor...but parents is another thing.
It's not very enjoyable watching someone get to this stage and try to deal with it. I really don't have the patience to hear an 80 year old ask me 500 why questions, make outlandish accusations against my wife, and be lectured about knowing crazy people and iIm not one. While the expect me to spend 2 hours looking at every imperfection or spec of dust in the house that's been found because that's what she's been hyper focused on doing.
It's not her fault, but it's grinding me down, and I'm not sure how I can get her to go to a doctor to try and address this before it's too late. Tough stretch in life when you have this plus your own kids. My Dad passed from a heart attack almost 20 years ago, I'm thankful to have not had to deal with anything like this at that time.
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This is why people need to make sure they get personal directives and enduring power of attorney sorted out before they get too old to think clearly. It's as important as a will.