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Elderly parents

I am struggling to know how to deal with my elderly father's depression.
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What is reasonable? Housebound/visiting etc
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Help. What to take into hospital?
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Care home & Stage 4 Cancer
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Update Stressed with Narc DM's behaviour
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When the time comes for a home
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MIL transferring money to DH against future care home costs
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Stressed with DM's behaviour
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Electric Razor Recommendation for 86 year old dad
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Just need to offload
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Please help me decide what's best
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Elderly and vulnerable mum is in hospital, not getting answers, what can I do?
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Advice on where to start with elderly father
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Digitising memories
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Being excluded
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Mother is getting forgetful
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Cockroach cafe Winter 2025
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Elderly mother not coping, how can I help when I'm reluctant to?
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Selling home under LPA
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Moving MIL to a care home in a different area
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Advice needed
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Attendance Allowance
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How to change surgeries/district nurse care/hospital/health trust etc due to geographical move
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Where to scatter ashes
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It’s nearing the end and I am so scared !
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Boundaries?!
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Tell me about the care your parent(s) buy in
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Elderly parent dizziness advice please
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Elderly parent in hospital - whats the procedure for returning home
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Am I being unreasonable for cancelling a visit to my mum
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Anyone moved parent(s) to live near them? How did you convince them if they were unwilling?
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Dementia - Are they waiting for someone to die/be killed?
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Adult children buying stuff their parents don't want or need
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PoA registration screw up
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A huge mess
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Funny turn - mum with dementia unresponsive blue lips and fingers temporarily
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Should I move mother with advanced dementia to a dementia unit guilt and resentment
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Very upset and confused
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Mum - hospital to hospice - hospital Resisting referral
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At my wits end
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Help me process DM declining
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At 86 why wouldn’t you take painkillers?
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Dementia diagnosis- what now?
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Children as part of care package
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Male relative late 70s faeces everywhere when using toilet
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Home care: what is typical from private care companies?
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Recommend automatic cat feeder for dementia sufferer
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Elderly mother in decline
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Any advice to convince MIL of a sensible house move
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Indoor powerchairs - people’s experience? Also new or second-hand?
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