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Your mom needs to placed in the appropriate facility, so I would start there, looking for a nice facility for her. They will have social workers there that can help you with applying for Medicaid for your mom as well, so you don't have to worry about her not having enough money to pay for her care.
Only then will you be able to start enjoying your life again, and get back to just being her daughter, who will be able to come and go as she pleases. I wish you well.
One of the situations that bothers me most on this forum is the common one where the D has to be the caregiver and the brothers (and sometimes sisters) do nothing. I often wonder why the caregiving sibling allows this martyrdom.
I wish you could dump your mother off on your brother. I also wish you could get back pay for your years of servitude. But of course you can't do that. (Well, maybe you could get some compensation for the past caregiving...not sure about that, but you would need to consult an eldercare attorney.)
What is your mother's financial situation? Who is her POA? Her HCPOA?
Others here will tell you the steps to remove yourself from your mother's direct care. Yes, it can be done!
hope you’re ok :).
you wrote:
“I wish you could dump your mother off on your brother.”
if the solution with our siblings were so simple, i think many of us would have done that.
in my case, if ever i would do that (i’m also the daughter, and my 3 siblings are silly/exploitative of me, males)...if i would do that, they would leave my parents to die. they would do nothing.
dumping it on them isn’t an option.
hugs!
many of us are in complicated situations. we would have done whatever simple solution there is, if it existed.
facilities aren’t always the solution: corona outbreaks, etc.
i wish us to somehow find good solutions!! :)
i think many of us, rightly, want to vent.
many of us, rightly, need empathy.
the more money available, the easier the solution. hire helpers, etc.
please, let’s all take care of our lives. don’t sacrifice your life. if your parents love you, they want you to have a full life.
summer hugs!!
bundle :)
If you are ready to make a change, we can help you with the steps.
If that is overhelmed, exhausted, resentful - that is understandable.
If fact, I might be seen in my backyard screaming in frustration at the of my lungs to the sky in your shoes.
So feel resentful, that's ok.