Posted by sunny10 on November 10, 2004, at 11:33:50
In reply to Re: There is so much I don't do for them, posted by Dinah on November 10, 2004, at 9:22:26
Did your parents wash THEIR parents?
There are lines which are not crossed. That is allowed. The nurse was out of line saying that the family should do that. Perhaps the company which supplied your parents' caregiver (which you, "the family" DID provide)should have sent a replacement for a vacationing caregiver???!!!???
We all have our "lines", and it sounds like you are already doing all the right things to be sure that your "lines" don't interfere with the quality of their care at all.
Please don't let the words of a few make you feel guilty. You Do a lot more than you give yourself credit for....
My own father used to beat me when I was a child. My mother ignored me and the beatings, too. It sounds like you've had your own share of emotional abuses at their hands and I am just amazed that you still manage to take care of them at all. You are the strongest person I've ever heard!
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