What Made You Realize It Was Time To Get Help?

[Guest guest]

I am just curious about something. What events lead up to your

making the decision that it was time to seek out additional help for

your LO? That might include hiring a caregiver or putting them in an

assisted living facility or NH. How did you go about finding help?

Was it difficult to come to that decision? As most of you know from

reading my posts, my husband and I both agree that my MIL

desperately needs to get some additional help for my FIL, but for

some reason, she's resistant. Do you think she fears that once she

takes that step, everything will become more of a reality? I truly

think she's in denial about how bad my FIL is now. I believe that

because she's such a strong woman, she feels she can handle

everything on her own. In a way, she considers herself weak if she

seeks out help. That's just my perspective on the whole thing. Now

that my FIL has become combative with her, the situation has become

even more troublesome. I forgot to mention before, that on Easter

Sunday, after she got him cleaned up and ready to get back into bed,

he pushed her and she flew out of her heels that had no backs and

hit her head against the wall. It's any wonder that she didn't get

hurt. I don't know what he'll do next. I told my husband that he

and his brother need to have a meeting with their mom and come up

with some sort of solution. Quite honestly, I think they need to

step up and take over because it's obvious that my MIL isn't going

to do anything on her own.

April