By Jacqueline Marcell (author of ElderRage). Tips and advice on how to deal with an elderly loved one who:
- wants all your time and attention,
- makes constant unreasonable demands,
- is inflexible, critical and negative,
- complains about real or imagined physical symptoms,
- exhibits bizarre behavior and uses inappropriate/foul language,
- has become suspicious and paranoid,
- is experiencing increasing levels of memory loss,
- makes up silly lies, exaggerates and cries wolf,
- prefers to stay in bed or do nothing-”waiting to die,”
- refuses to allow a cleaning person into their home,
- gets furious if something doesn’t happen at a specific time,
- gets mad when told “No” he or she can’t do something.
