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Elderly parents

Reaching burnout with caring for my mum

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AlternativelyWired · 03/10/2022 10:13

I'm autistic which doesn't help. I have 3 dc with the youngest being 7 and the eldest in her final year of school. I don't drive and have long term health conditions of my own. I'm a single parent and don't drive and it's a long walk to school and back each day followed by a long walk to my mum's and back followed by the school run again. It's about 8 miles a day minimum.
I'm going to write a list of everything I do for my mum today but it's taking too much of my time and energy.
How can I cope better with things? My own house is in need of attention because I haven't time to do anything at home and am collapsing into bed by 9pm every day.
At the moment she doesn't need much doing but her conditions are unpredictable and she has got used to be going every day to keep her company if nothing else.

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Dodie66 · 03/10/2022 10:47

Could she afford to,oay for somebody to come in and do things for her? If it’s things like cleaning or changing bedding etc that could be done by somebody else

AlternativelyWired · 03/10/2022 10:39

I've listed 35 things I do on a regular basis to help her. No wonder I'm struggling.

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