Dear Abby: How do I convince my mother to accept outside care while I’m away?
A daughter asks how to persuade her independent but no-longer self-sufficient 98-year-old mother to accept outside caregiving while family members are stretched thin.
Dear Abby: I am 70. My sister is 68, and her husband is 80. He has kidney failure and needs 24/7 care. Our mother is 98. She lives independently in a condo and is mentally fully functional, but she can’t cook or do housekeeping anymore. (She has cleaning help.)