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My sister has been verbally abusive to me all my life. It got worse 6 years ago when my dad had a stroke and I became POA. I’ve taken care of all of my dads bills and caregiving. Unfortunately his 1st caregiver who he adored took advantage of him. She coarsed him into doing a reverse mortgage on his home. She took a lot of money. I had her arrested as I had a lot of proof. My sister blames me for this unfortunate circumstance. She accuses me of stealing my dads money. She tells me I am going to prision. She has left me 40 verbally abusive messages in the past two weeks. I wont listen to them, I delete them. The caregiver my dad has now is wonderful. She has been with him for 3 years. My sister lives 300 miles away and never visits my dad. She recently called APS on my dads caregiver because she says she is worried about his care. She doesn’t listen to one word I say. She came to visit my dad back in June and took him to a bank so she could take money. He was mentally incompetent to make financial decisions at that time and I have a letter from his doctor. I’ve changed my phone numbers in the past. How can I get her to leave me alone.

How long does it usually take? I just finished 3 years of school for nursing pre reqs so im not specialized in anything but i did get AS degree. I am also an army vet. I also have experience in caregiving, yet no ones hiring, and if they are they dont call me back, idk what happened, i dress well, present myself well, i guess so many ppl are competing for jobs in CA……its only been 2 weeks but how long does it usually take to get a job thanks

Is it right that I bare the sole responcibility of taking care of my 79 year old mom by myself . I have a Brother and sister that both live within 70 miles of me and offer no relief or financial help for her care. She has to use a motorized wheelchair to get around , all the doctors office visits, medications ,showering, laundry, cooking , cleaning, caregiving, companionship, rides and all else is done by me alone. I am now laid off from my job , more than likely form having to run home all the time to tend to mom, and the unemployment benifits are running out in 2 weeks, The state of Arizona will not extend benifits and the family will not help I am now poised to loose everything because family and my government will do nothing to help. I have not had a single day to myself in 3 years and am at wits end. I love mom and dont mind taking care of her but don’t understand why there is no financial or at minimum help from, family or state.

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alzheimers disease and is capeable of just bout anything,my biggest fear is that he will fly the coup looking for my mother in the middle of the night,i fear this,but to my brother its what the heck,so what.he couldnt shive a git what my dad does,as long as im not bothering him.he will not have an aide at night to watch him,and my dad could do as he pleases anytime he pleases.tell me whos wrong here,im sure you wouldnt let your child do what they wanted,including wandering around outside anytime of the day or night.im getting it big time here and im going to pack up and leave my brother to do the damn dirty work.i am not cruel or a nasty sob,my brother fits that discription by sweeping my dads needs under the rug and letting me do his job..i dont think this is fair i had my dads nonsense for 3 years,now that my mom is in grave condition and my dad more unstable my brother thinks that im suited to do his dirty work. no snide remarks please this isnt a comedy.

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I have a 9 mo. old son and I am honestly burnt out. I take care of him from 630-7am until 530-6pm when hubby gets home. There’s virtually no one to help me during the day that’s generous with time. Some days he doesn’t sleep more than 20 mins until 2pm (like today). I just feel like I am going to explode with stress and I am very tired/emotional since birth. There’s just no time for me. I take a 10 min shower; I try to do everything to save time.
I do all the dishes and chores during the day to make us time and I feel like I am doing 95% of the baby’s caregiving. My hubby gets home 530, and baby goes off to bed 730. He barely takes care of him because the baby sleeps so early.
Baby only likes to eat for me. He’ll scream for an hour or more when husband tries to feed him (sometimes it works though). I just feel absolutely worn out and honestly a part of me regrets having a baby, even though he’s BEAUTIFUL. And now with crawling/solid foods, he’s even more work. I just can’t relax!
We’re going on our first vacation in 3 years this weekend. It’ll be a 1 day, 1 night stay…better than nothing. But once that’s over, how do I cope with all this work?

One day he’ll sleep 3 hours in the day, another day only 30 mins. He has no schedule yet and it’s very hard on me.

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My gran has had alzheimers and dimentia for as long as I can remember Now. When I think back I realize that there were so many signs that we took as her just getting old but we couldn’t really stop it from happening.
My gran is in her final stages of the disease now and I know that it can last 3 years but I feel like my grains been in it for 2years at most. She has had some minor strokes but last week she had a pretty bad stroke and I don’t know what’s happening.
My question is, when that type of patient has such a bad stroke that the jaw locks what are the chances of recovery?
Any answer is greatly appreciated!

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First of all the education by itself is very long and time consuming. We are talking about 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and additionally ,depending on the specialty that a person chooses another 3-7 years of residency.And if a person decided to do a fellowship then we are talking about another 3 years. Plus at this time the salary comes to be less than the minimum wage
Second of all is the pure cost of it. The cost of education is really high ,and it does not matter what school you will attend,well at least thats my own opinion but in addition to whatever college debt is gathered , the average graduate of a medical school if looking at approximately another $ 120.000 of debt , and thats a lot and what if a person decided that being a doc. is not something they wanna do ? That person just wasted a lot of time of their life , not speaking about money i mean thats a huge bill to pay off .
Third reason is the lifestyle. It is difficult during medical school and residency. Expect lots of time studying, late nights on call. Some people might even go through a divorce due to the stress that it puts on the marriage. Also residency training is not a ideal time to start a family so often people face the choice of either postponing that and thus being on the older side or trying to start a family in the midst of other huge demands for your time.And speaking of it. Lifestyle will also greatly depend on what kind of medicine you decide to practice, where you decide to practice, and to what kind of clientele will you have . If you decide to be a doctor in an inner-city clinic you may not make very much. If you are a plastic surgeon to the rich and famous in Beverly Hills, you will be a millionaire.Most doctors can expect their home life to be disrupted by work. Again, however, how much will all decide on what type of medicine you practice and where. If you work at a hospital doing emergency surgeries you will have to work many holidays, and you will often get home hours and hours after you are scheduled to get off. If, however you have a private practice, you might have to take some time to see some patients that are in the hospital on the holidays, but it might take 2-3 hours out of your day, at most. No matter what field of medicine you go into, however, you will not see your family much while you go through medical school, and especially while you do your residency.
And last but not least the factor of malpractice.Unfortunately, we live in a very litigious society. 2/3 of all doctors will get sued at least once in his/her career. Depending on your specialty, it may even be higher. It’s an unfortunate reality that despite your best efforts, this can still happen to you. Few other professions have such a high risk for liability.the pros are that you get to help people get better and help their families to gain confidence and to still carry hope, or to just make people better, the cons are diagnosing a patient with a disease that slowly destroys their body or that will affect them and their family, for instance, alzheimers disease.

those are the 3 paragraphs of my essay this is for homework

sorry its long if you have time and patience to read it thne i appreciate it

my question is did it cover it through ??am i missing something ???
there are actually 4 paragraphs
1.cost of education
2.time consuming training
3.lifestyle
4.malpractice
and at the end there is 5th paragraph my general reflection about this occupation and then the conclusion

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Hello, Im looking for another job in health care but I dont know where to look. I got 3 years experience in dinng services and Nursing assistant. 2 months in caregiving. I know Im crazy for not taking my certification test but by march I will take it. I live in huntsville,al. Im 22 kids but i strill want to make good hours oor salary..any ideas?? thanks
sorry I misspelledd some words
I mean no kids

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okay, my grandma passed away 3 years ago today, September 19th, 2007, from Alzheimers disease… I wanna make a good status that a lot of people WILL LIKE on facebook… what should it say?

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My sister is caring for her mother in law who has alzheimers. Her mother in law lived in the house with her husband and after he died, she continued to live there until she got this. NOw she is living with my sister but she is really getting worse. She is trying to hit my sister and she wants to leave the house by herself. She is 75 years old and she is really getting hard to handle. My sister and her husband dont really have alot of money to hire anyone to help with her. Because of this, my sister cannot leave her alone anymore but she cannot afford to put her in a nursing home because medicare only pays the 1st 30 days. After that, it comes out of your pocket. She would have to sell the house that her and her husband lived in and that house has been in the family for over 100 years. My sister is about ready to have a break down because this is really getting too much for her to handle. What should she do?
The house she lived in belong to her husbands great great grandmother, It has alot of history behind it. I guess its more for sentimental reasons. I told her to put the house in her husband’s name but then she was told she would have to wait 3 years before she could go into the nursing home. It cost over 00 a month just to live in one,maybe more

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