Demanding

Hello Everyone:

It is a rainy Sunday evening and time to catch up. Life has been exhausting for me. Specifically, mum’s increasing demands have exhausted me. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it until someone pays attention, I need help. Mum needs someone who can come in and attend to her needs, take her where she needs to go, and do some light housework. It would also be helpful to have the cleaner come twice a month as well. I thought there was some progress on that front but I guess not. She won’t even ask her friends to help her arrange for help. Sis and the BIL are useless. Mum can’t seem to be bothered to ask her doctor for an insurance covered referral which means it all falls to me. I’ve explained to mum that I can’t divide my attention between the housework and her. It’s either one or the other, not both at the same time. It doesn’t work well for anyone. Part of the problem is she has an unacknowledged hearing/cognitive problem. The BIL and I have told her get checked but she won’t do that either and we can’t force her. This makes even basic communication extremely difficult. The bottom line is it’s getting harder to keep up with her increasing demands by myself. I wish everyone would stop standing around and help out. Any effort is better than nothing. It’s too much for me and no one seems to get it.