How to Deal with Your Aging Parents’ Anxiety
By admin on Aug 8, 2008 in Care
There are lots of ways to deal with your aging parents' anxiety.
The Washington Post has a piece about a care giving daughter who is having to deal with her 78-year-old mom’s agoraphobia.
The problem is that the mom will not leave her house and refuses to visit the daughter and grandchildren who live only a few hours away.
The caregiver daughter doesn’t know what to do in this situation and is contemplating turning all the responsibility over to her unmarried sister. ( A big mistake, I might add.)
What is the solution for an aging parent who is suffering from anxiety?
Read What to Overlook, and Not, with an Aging Anxious Mom
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