Caring for My Mom is Overwhelming

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Caring for My Mom is Overwhelming - Cathy needs help for her mother who is in a semi-comatose state, but she fears both assisted living and in-home care due to COVID-19. - Dr. Laura: "She needs the best professional care, and you need to be fair to yourself." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11.
0:11.0	Kathy, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Lark. Okay.
0:17.0	In March of 2020, I want to have a very severe stroke. She had been in the ALF. Now she is with me since March of 2020, but she's kind of in a
0:28.0	little bit. So my comatose vegetative state, but everything has to be done for her. I am totally overwhelmed.
0:36.0	And I want to put her in an ALF, but I show a lot of guilt because of COVID-19. I don't want a lot of people chasing through the house, my house to help her.
0:46.0	I do have one person who I came comes in in the morning.
0:49.0	And I want to say when you eliminate all options, I can't be helpful. You either have to bring in help or you have to put her where people are trained to do this.
1:01.0	Okay.
1:02.0	She asked you one horrible question.
1:05.0	Ready for my one horrible question. I'm ready.
1:09.0	No matter who takes care of her, is she ever getting better?
1:15.0	Maybe.
1:19.0	Is that what the doctor told you?
1:22.0	No, she cannot speak. She can check her head.
1:27.0	Kathy?
1:29.0	Yes.
1:31.0	You need to be honest about this. And if you haven't asked a doctor or two, then you need to ask them.
1:36.0	No matter who takes care of her, is there any chance she's ever going to be better?
1:43.0	That's the question you need to answer to have answered before you can decide what to do.
1:48.0	Probably not to the degree where she could appreciate life.
1:53.0	Well, then, she shouldn't be in your house.
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