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Old 01-01-2007, 09:26 PM
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Elederly parents question

Looking for any insights. My wife's parents are having problems. He's 87, recently had a stroke but is home and recovering pretty well. She's 84. They live in England. She can't stand him anymore and wants one of the children to come to England, pick him up and bring him back to Canada or the US. She's been unhappy for many years. They've lived in places for about 1 yr, she gets unhappy and then they move to another town where's she's happy for about six months. She's pretty unkind to him much of the time. A few years ago she went to England on vacation, called him and told him she'd decided to stay over there without him. They're devout Christians so this devastated him, and appalled the family so a couple of weeks later she comes back and denies she ever did it. (I was with him when she initially called so I know it happened). She then decided to move both of them to England, and went over by herself to find an apartment. My father in law was in no condition to travel that far alone so my sister in law ended up taking him over to England last year. I think my mother in law secretly wished that he would have been unable to get over there

He really can't come back to the US since he would have no medical care here. Canada is a remote possibility because he has one son there and he is eligible for health care there, but the son is planning to move to the US next year. The trip itself might be pretty stressful for a man recovering from a stroke.
I'm inclined to think that the best option is to try to find an assisted living home for him in England and get the two of them apart.
Anyone gone thru something similar and have any advice? She accuses her children of abandoning her even though she lived in Canada while all her children lived in North America, and she's the one who chose to move back to England.
My brother in law is going over to visit them at the end of January and we need some kind of plan to deal with the situation by then.
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