title: Life with father: if I only knew then what I know now.
abstract: For eleven years I begged my obstinate elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, who needed full-time care after a massive heart attack. But he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself. Every caregiver I hired lasted about three days and then I'd get the familiar call: "Jacqueline, I just can't work with your father. His temper is impossible to handle. He screams and yells and stands over me--and he won't let me do anything. I don't think you'll be able to get him to accept help until he's on his knees himself".
authors.affiliation: j.marcell@cox.net
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcell
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D005195:Family Relations; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D018576:Home Health Aides; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce