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Posted: July 31, 2004
'How I Cope'
If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now!
For 11 years, I begged my obstinate elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, but he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself.
Every caregiver I hired lasted about three days and then I'd get the familiar call: "Jacqueline, I just can't work with your father. His temper is impossible to handle. He screams and yells and stands over me -- and he won't let me do anything. I don't think you'll be able to get him to accept help until he's on his knees himself."
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