Caring For Aging Parents Prints

The Sandwich Generation.

40 years later...

"Do let me know if I'm getting in the way, won't you?"

I Get That My Mom Has Alzheimer's But I Just Can't

My Mother Is Dead But Her Body Is Still Alive

'He's my father and I say we dump him pricate...!'

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

'Tiddles has left everything to an old folks' home.'

Every so often, Madeline gets carried away.

"He should be up and complaining in no time."

"My service animal for Alzheimer's, sonny!"

"Careful."

Which vaccines did they have when you were young? You cannot get under my skin, loser. Were you vaccinated against the black plague? Not bothering me. Were you vaccinated against leprosy? I am unaffected by you. Were you vaccinated against the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs? Munch mun - When's the last time someone shoved a syrupy pancake down your pants?

"Hey. Whatever happened to our sexual relations? "

'I'm fighting ageing.'

Toothless Meal

"My husband Frank still has all his own teeth...he keeps them in that jar over the fireplace!"

"The Lord brings people together for reasons only he knows."

"They've swapped the pub for staying in and taking their meds."

My Mother Was Absolutely Certain She Would Not Succumb to Alzheimer's. She Was Wrong.

"And I got these stretch marks on my butt from sitting in the house for months back in 2020."

"At my age, your legs and bowels begin to go."

"I remembered that time you said you wished you had a biographer."

'I'll see your Social Security Supplement and raise you Medicare and a Canadian pharmacy ID.'

"The Doctor says it's very rate for the superannuated to get taller."

What Do You Do When You're Caring For Someone with Alzheimer's?

"You're on 'Ask Sadie.' What's your problem?!"

"I look forward to growing dead with you."

"Well, sometimes we take the dogs for a walk...which puts our fitness level at approximately that of an 80-year-old couple."

"Don't worry - the Power of Dad still trumps the Power of Attorney."

We would have come to you sooner, but he wouldn't ask for directions.

"I've had a busy week. I had my hip and iPhone upgraded."

"I didn't know you could do wheelies Stan."

"You don't have OCD or ADD. You have OLD."

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