My dad and step mom live in assisted living. They moved in about 6 months ago because both of them have dementia. Every day my dad asks when we will go up to the house which is over 150 miles away in the boonies. He said he needed his computer and it was extremely important that he has it. My husband and I went and got it but told my dad the realtor shipped it to us. He hardly uses it. Now he wants to make sure repairs have been done to the house, or there is some super important paperwork that he has to have. In any case, it's a different reason every time one has been resolved. My sister is going up there this weekend with her husband to clean up the place but she (nor I) want to take him there for fear he won't want to leave. He is getting more and more aggressive about it and says he will hire someone to take him up there. What do I tell him? I'm running out of ideas.
Yeah right, I was a senior myself, the ladder probably weighed more than I did, and having a fear of heights, I kept saying no. Dad kept insisting. I kept insisting not. Told Dad for safety reasons he needed to hire a handyman to go up there.
After Dad moved to senior living, I hired a handyman to see what was up in that garage attic. No paperwork, just empty boxes in case Dad wanted to send back an item that needed repair. Really now, keeping a box for a Hamilton Beach can opener he and Mom bought 40 years ago?
This just proves that our parents still see us as the "kids" and that we can do anything. I had a hard time convincing my parents I was a senior, even tried waving my AARP membership card and Medicare card to no end.... [sigh]