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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Freeland" data-source="post: 3777628" data-attributes="member: 45827"><p>My mother has never been very technical, but she reached a new high or low point today. I just spent 15 minutes talking her through Windows setup since she was panicking that her new laptop had lost the account I created for her on it. She had just brought it over to me today, claiming that Outlook wouldn't open (opened fine for me) and had brought it back home. When she turned it on, she sent me a photo of the Windows setup screen saying it just popped up. I talked her through the process and when we got to the end and she said it was asking her to setup a Dell account, I said hold on you have a Lenovo laptop. She said the old one was a Dell ( I had wiped that one to give to her sister when I set up the new one and you can guess where this is going). After arguing with me that she was on the new laptop when I said you turned on the old one, my stepfather finally said that is the old one. She never had brought the new one in from the car.</p><p></p><p>If she didn't live with a spouse, I would be researching memory care nursing homes right now. I can't be all day every day computer support for her, I have a job and a family of my own. How have the rest of you dealt with a parent who is losing their memory? This isn't the first thing by far that has triggered warning bells. I used to be a nursing aid on an Alzheimer's unit, so I know how bad those places are and I hate the thought of her going to one. What sayeth the clan? It's just me and my steps, since my brother died, but I could use a little historical advice from people who have been there.</p><p></p><p>Edit: For the record, she is 78</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Freeland, post: 3777628, member: 45827"] My mother has never been very technical, but she reached a new high or low point today. I just spent 15 minutes talking her through Windows setup since she was panicking that her new laptop had lost the account I created for her on it. She had just brought it over to me today, claiming that Outlook wouldn't open (opened fine for me) and had brought it back home. When she turned it on, she sent me a photo of the Windows setup screen saying it just popped up. I talked her through the process and when we got to the end and she said it was asking her to setup a Dell account, I said hold on you have a Lenovo laptop. She said the old one was a Dell ( I had wiped that one to give to her sister when I set up the new one and you can guess where this is going). After arguing with me that she was on the new laptop when I said you turned on the old one, my stepfather finally said that is the old one. She never had brought the new one in from the car. If she didn't live with a spouse, I would be researching memory care nursing homes right now. I can't be all day every day computer support for her, I have a job and a family of my own. How have the rest of you dealt with a parent who is losing their memory? This isn't the first thing by far that has triggered warning bells. I used to be a nursing aid on an Alzheimer's unit, so I know how bad those places are and I hate the thought of her going to one. What sayeth the clan? It's just me and my steps, since my brother died, but I could use a little historical advice from people who have been there. Edit: For the record, she is 78 [/QUOTE]
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