re: Advice for dealing with a loved one who is in cognitive decline?

Place them in an Assisted Living Facility.

It’s your only choice unless you can afford round the clock in home trained sitters.

The decision is painful but correct.

As others have suggested, if this person is still lucid enough to give you or another trusted person a durable power of attorney, have that done immediately. You will regret it if things go farther. Someone needs authority to handle decisions that are non medical in nature and sign on that person's behalf.

I have a friend dealing with her mother right now. She moved her mother into her home and has sitters during the day while she works. Her mother has turned mean and fires the sitters. She also calls the police on the sitters. She gets up in the middle of the night and cooks. Once she got up, got dressed and was found at midnight by a neighbor on the ground in the street with injuries. My friend is trying to keep her mother in her home, but it's not working for either of them. She's about to move her to a private facility. It's safer for her mother and saner for my friend who is exhausted from little sleep and working all day. Hard choice, but sometimes, it's the only way and professional care is needed. Her mother is simply unable to be cooperative due to the cognitive issues. Remember, that you have to take care of yourself as much as possible to care for your loved one.

If you do get sitters in the home, don't have a different person every day. The first agency my friend used sent a new one each day and there's no way for the person at issue to become comfortable and secure that way. I'd never heard of it done like that, but maybe that's the norm in some areas. Most folks I know will have one for a week and then another for a week and those same sitters stay on schedule, week on and week off. Others have a day sitter and a night sitter, but they are the same people all the time. Having strangers in the house can be daunting for anyone, but especially for those going through these cognitive changes.

Best to you. It's an extremely difficult situation and you have to ignore what the person says if it's hurtful. Remember that this is not who that person is or was.

I have a future in-law dealing with their mother in this situation and it’s really bad. The worst part is it’s a complete drain on her and she’s at an age that she could be absolutely living her life to fullest but she’s basically has 0 time or freedom because of taking care of her mother.

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In LA you'd need to start a legal interdiction ASAP. Look up what TX has that gives full legal control and take over. Been there, done that. Do not delay.

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Those places require payment. They are not free.

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Um...no fricking shite!

Why not have set rates based on customer need? Why not publish those rates? Why do they want to see your financials?

Because they want to bleed you for every dollar they can.

It's like these blood sucking roofers after a hurricane. They want to know what insurance is giving you before they start working. they are leeches who are bleeding you, because you have no other options.

Only one of the two remaining Democrat relatives will speak with me, All of the other cannot stand the leftists.

Good Luck to the OP. I truly hope i never get to be this type of burden on my family. Getting old sucks but having to live like this must terrible. I work in the medical field and see some patients spend 90% of the year doing test/procedures and medical visits. How is that living?

Be patient. More challenging times are coming. Do what you can to handle things like bill paying and other responsibilities. If you can arrange to handle errands and getting them to doctor's appointments, do so to help keep them off the road. If it comes to it, a doctor can help. Understand that they are doing the best they can.

Good luck.