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Omg!!! We're living the same life.lol.....she gets so mad when I ask her to put it in! This repeating thing is a nightmare. So stubborn....and always says ...this thing doesn't work! Its been checked and works good. Ugh!!!
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I understand fully what you’re going through. I want to cut myself each time I am around my mother. It’s now a safety issue. She’s adamant on living alone and her hearing loss has gotten worse. I truly do not know what to do. I am an only child so I do not have anyone else to help me with this.
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I fully understand what you’re going through. I want to cut myself each time I am around my mother. She’s adamant on living alone and now this has become a safety issue. I am an only child so I don’t have anyone to help me.

My mother blames everyone. She gets agitated with everyone when she can’t hear them. I, too, am on my wit’s end. I want to make her life easier but she’s making it impossible.
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You can't force anyone to do anything. But you can change how YOU handle the situation.

Say in a loud voice, " I will only say things once and will not repeat what I've said. If you want to hear what I say, I suggest you use your hearing aids."

Then STICK TO YOUR STATEMENT. Do not repeat anything.

She will be frustrated, maybe enough to put them in.
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I hear you!!! Going through the exact same thing with my 87 year old Mom who tells me i need to speak up and stop whispering. I tell her to put the hearing aides in and she will hear but refuses unless she goes to the doctor. Don't know the answer to this issue.
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I feel your pain. My mom won’t even try to get a hearing aid. She did get tested and has 60% of her hearing. The doctor told her she could get a hearing aid but only if she wants to. She can’t hear on the phone and I live too far away to run over everytime I need to tell her something. She took herself off her high blood pressure medicine because her doctors office called and she thought that was what they said to do. I now have them call me. We have had a few appointments scheduled for hearing aids and she makes me cancel right before because she doesn’t feel well. I really think she’s too cheap to spend the money. I wish they weren’t so darn expensive.
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I went through the same thing with my father. Begged him for years to get them. Finally a doctor convinced him to get them. I had to miss work three times for all his appointments. He never actually intended to get them, he just wanted to go to the appointments. I insisted he get them and he had them for three days before he returned them. I told him I would no longer be his 'ears' for him and I would not make phone calls or repeat myself. He agreed and said he understood. Next day he tells me I need to call someone 'because he can't hear". I refused. If you refuse to help yourself why should I take on extra work to help you?
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