Care for elderly parents has become hard labor, they eat nonstop

I never thought this would happen to someone I know. The truth is that life-story They only appear in unexpected ways.



A friend at work recently went some irritated and unfunny. My colleagues and I tried to find out what had happened, but he brushed it off. And then we got together as a group of men after work for a drink. And a friend broke. He said that was the reason for his bad mood in recent times.

At the end of the summer, he and his wife decided to take her elderly parents from the village to live with them. And they live in a small private house, which has a small summer kitchen. They have recently finished repairing it. Here in this kitchen and decided to settle mother-in-law with a father-in-law. They don’t walk well and will be comfortable there.



His wife doesn’t work, she runs a household, so the elderly are under round-the-clock supervision. And then began what they could not imagine. Caring for elderly parents, who almost never leave the house, has become a real challenge. Old people eat like crazy. The wife does nothing but cook them food and take them to the summer kitchen.



They do not leave the house, but eat like healthy. When a friend saw how much his wife cooked for them and took them to the summer kitchen, he began to panic. He tried to talk to his wife about it and found out she didn't know what to do about it either. She does not like it either, she tried to talk to them, but in response begins tantrums and swearing. They act like capricious kids. My wife and friend have just come to terms with the inevitable.

The morning of the wife begins at 6 o'clock. She gets up and goes to the kitchen to make breakfast. Most often it is an omelet or scrambled egg of three eggs per person and boiled sausage or bacon. She also cooks semolina or buckwheat milk porridge and cuts half a loaf. Baking pancakes or pancakes, to them also a jar of jam or condensed milk. All this she takes to her parents in the house. And this is their first breakfast.

For the second breakfast, the wife brings them milk or cereal with the second half of a loaf and some seasonal fruits or berries. There's lunch soon.



Lunch consists of a large deep plate of the first: borscht or soup. On the second large plate of potatoes or rice. Other cereals they do not eat because they do not like. Vegetables, salads are difficult for them to chew, so this also disappears. To the garnish must be 2 cutlets or sausages. They also do not recognize fish, they say it is not satisfying and it is difficult for them to pull out bones. For dessert must be fruit or berries with half white bread.

Every two weeks, a huge amount of cookies, tea and various fruits are purchased. All at once can not be attributed to them, so the wife portions once a week replenishes their stocks in the house. For a week they have enough half a pound of cookies and one pack of tea. They also love milk buns between lunch and dinner.



For dinner, as a rule, their wife prepares stewed potatoes with baked meat or chops. Stewed vegetables, squash or potato pancakes, bread with butter, tea or milk. And bananas!

A friend says his father-in-law is barely moving with two sticks through the kitchen from bed to table. He walks by himself. Mother-in-law can sometimes go out to the yard to breathe fresh air and can serve herself. But it looks like it won't be long.

Interesting life stories: what to do next? My wife is already struggling with fatigue. The couple is waiting for life to free them from this yoke. They understand that it is sinful to think this way, but there is no strength left.



A friend says changing their way of life and eating is simply unrealistic. They are 80 years old and don’t want to live any other way. But constantly monitor how much children spend from their pension, checks require. A friend says their minimum pensions for half a month are not enough to feed them. You also need to buy medicines and diapers!

A friend needs my advice. But, to be honest, this is the first time I've seen this. Does anyone know which specialist to contact?

The life wisdom and advice of the editorial staff The main hero of this story should definitely consult a specialist. Such a serious appetite does not appear out of nowhere. Moreover, with age, people, on the contrary, begin to eat less, because they do not spend as much energy as before.



In addition, you should talk to your parents, explain the situation to them. If their mental health is still normal, you can try to fix the situation. What do you say?