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Moving a Reluctant Parent: The End (Part 19)

By Joy Loverde If you’ve been tracking my blog series on the topic of moving a reluctant parent (Parts 1-18), you know that the mission is accomplished. My last blog recaps the insanity of dealing with my Aunt and her reluctance to move. Every step of the way was an eldercare crisis in the making.…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 18

by Joy Loverde The good news… sold my Aunt’s house in one day. The bad news… there is no downtime and the pressure is on. I kick into action and create a checklist of everything I have to do to relocate my Aunt. Also on my mind are the many tasks I can delegate. Listen…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 17

by Joy Loverde Two years. That’s the amount of time I waited for the ball to drop. Two years observing my Aunt from the sidelines as she slowly but surely did herself in. Two years anticipating that at any time she was an accident waiting to happen. Two years of being ready to take action.…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 16

by Joy Loverde Over the past two years (I began this journey the summer of 2012) my Aunt has remained adamant about staying put. And if you have been reading my blog posts along the way (Moving a Reluctant Parents Parts 1-15) then you know there has not been much progress in spite of…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 15

by Joy Loverde To those of you who are following this blog about my Aunt who is reluctant to move out of her house, I didn’t want too much time to go by before I gave you an update on what’s happening. On that note, what’s happening is absolutely nothing. There she stays... in spite…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 14

Blog by Joy Loverde I am going on YEAR THREE of trying to convince my Aunt to move out of her house. Am I discouraged? Nope. As far as I am concerned I have two more years of dealing with this. That’s been my experience all along. I’m estimating that I will have had five…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 13

by Joy Loverde It’s been almost one year since I last wrote about my Aunt’s refusal to move out of her house (Moving a Reluctant Parent - Part 12). A year of inching her towards the goal of relocating. A year of working alongside my cousins and calming them down. A year of doing my…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 12

Blog by Joy Loverde So you know by now if you’re up to date on my blogs regarding the saga of my Aunt and her reluctance to move out of the family home (Parts One through Eleven) that there has recently been a shift in the action. Keeping the trust level high these past few…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 11

By Joy Loverde If you’re up to speed on my “Moving a Reluctant Parent” (blogs One through Ten), then you’re familiar with the ongoing saga of moving my Aunt out of her house. You also know that she has let it be known every which way that she is not moving out of her house…

Moving a Reluctant Parent – Part 10

Blog by Joy Loverde It’s been a very long time since I last blogged about my Aunt and her reluctance to move out of her family home. This situation continues to be one thing after another with her – running out money, increasingly bad health, and driving issues among others. Nothing, absolutely nothing has changed.…