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Ilsa

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5. No assets to protect.
Fri Aug 14, 2020, 07:14 AM
Aug 2020

I'm trying to get her in line for help from VA, but being in Georgia, I'm loathe to drive into heavily "infected" areas where the VA is located.

I've tried to get her active outside of the home, but she has refused other activities (recreational or volunteer) since moving in with us years ago. She doesn't go outside except to take out her trash, and that's via a locked, fenced yard which she has access to. Her access to the front is through my kitchen. She complains about the weather -- too hot, too cold, so she doesn't want to be out very much. Her son is working from home now.

We do our best to watch her and keep her healthy. I can tell something is wrong with her physically when she suddenly becomes unreasonably antagonistic. But I also have a grown son with severe autism I take care of, right now with no state help.

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