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Hello, I spend about 8 hours with my mother everyday. She is terminally ill although has lasted already longer than the experts said! She also has Parkinsons Disease, thyroid, heart and memory issues and kidney failure....shes still her and as I am not currently working I can be with her. I love spending time with her even though she sleeps a lot! My brother and husband think its too much and also that she should go into a care home. We may have to soonas we are nearly out of money but I know she would rather live and die in her own home. Ita putting a huge strain on me and my husband as I am exhausted and he is stressed for me. Its by far the hardest thing I've had to deal with so far in life and there are been some doozies! I think you should spend as much time as you like because you'll be the one in the end who has to deal with how you feel and I know that I'd be happier knowing I did all I could for my parent.
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If you’re comfortable, content and happy spending time with your dad, ignore the family’s comments. If it’s interfering with your marriage, you’ll need to come to a compromise with your spouse. Personally, it would be hard and distressing on me if I knew I couldn’t see my mom.
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Imho, time spent with your LO cannot have any fixed minutes, hours or days.
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What is too much is up to you. If you are good with an hour or two a day the fine. If you're burning out, then yes it it too much. Before Covid, I'd visit my mother usually once a week, I skip occasionally. They just opened up again for visits and tomorrow will be my third weekly visit. They occasionally had activities but there was a period they were locked down in their apartments for a 6 week period.

Ideally visiting once or twice a week would be better, your father should be getting to know those in his community and interacting with them. Just my thoughts.
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No one gets to tell you how you should feel. Only you can decide that. I good friend once suggested an excellent response to others advice “thank you for your input, I will consider it” and then you decide and it shuts them up w/o offending anyone including yourself. Good luck. It’s usually the ones not wanting to put the work in, that make the most suggestions to you, right? Prayers.
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God bless you for spending this time with your dad. I often think siblings feel guilty and/or jealous because they don’t have equal time or interest to do the same, and your commitment makes them feel guilty. As long as this works for you, you will never regret it. Your dad is very lucky to have you.
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I see that you are taking time to care for yourself. So the hour or two a day is enjoyable . You are making memories.yoyr father is not guaranteed a life on earth forever. Death will come at some point. Perhaps it would behoove your husband and children go with you say once a week maybe thee weekend and make good memories. They will remember and talk about them. I'm sure your husband and children have some good, funny, memories before and now that he is sick they need to continue . They won't regret it. They will regret it if they no longer visit.
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