i am the sole caretaker of a verbally abusive physically ill parent.?

Question:

i am becoming more angry, and depressed every waking minute.i need help with very inexpensive counseling before i take the easy way out of here. please, i appreciate the religious answers-they arent for me at this time. god would smack me in the head for the bitterness i am feeling.

Answers:
God Bless You! You need some help. You need to get out and enjoy life. You also need to understand they are suffering and you are too. Try talking to them telling them that you understand their frustration but taking it out on you is not going to change anything for them.

Good luck!
G.G.

Other Answers:
Call your local health department tomorrow. Explain the situation. You need a case manager and an evaluation. Convert that anger to resolve, and find every resource in your area to get some help, relief, or a place for that person if their care is too much for you.

God ain't gonna smack you in the head.

Call Adult Protective Services in your county and tell them what you just told all of us.

Find yourself a friend that will give you positive feelings. You are in a very difficult position and with help you can succeed. Just as your parent needs love, so do you and there are people able to help you.

I wish I could give you a day off. You really need it. Check your phone book for Adult mental health organizations. They can offer good advice. Another option is to contact your parent's primary physician and ask for a referral to a free mental health clinic. I hope that you find some relief.

Check our your community resources and see if there is any home health care provider that can assist you in your care needs. The agency can help you find out if your ill patient is entitled to these services with medicare coverage.

Try your local health department, I think that they could help you. Even if they can't they could probably point you in the right direction. What about respite services? It sounds like you have alot on your plate and no one ever deserves to be abused in anyway. I understand that this is a parent you are talking about. I applaud you for caring enough to be taking such good care of them for so long. Please don't be offended but some other options would be home health care or perhaps an assisted living community or maybe even a nursing home. This way you won't be the only one 24/7. I've worked with the geriatric community in a skilled care facility for many years believe me I know how hard it can be, and those were only 8 hour shifts. Hang in there and please research some of your options, you don't have to do it alone. God Bless.

Let your mother understand that there are always nursing homes and Medicaid. As a care taker, if your mother has medicaid, you may be eligible for counseling that i twill pay for. There is also respite care where someone comes to your house for a little while so that you can get away for a while. Good luck :)

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