Parents have been married 71 years and my mother has taken care of my father all these years. Now he is almost blind MD and she is tired. He can’t drive so she does that too. They are getting on each other’s nerves and don’t think the other cares. My father refused to go to the doctor when we told him he was going to give him a memory assessment. My brother and I don’t know how to help them. No financial resources just Medicare and what we give them.
Basically, they can't live with each other and yet can't live without each other. We're trying to keep them in their own home.
Life at this stage can be very sad and very depressing. I'm the older of two daughters who is trying their hardest to keep them alive.