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[quote=Anonymous]You need to call.  We are in a similar situation, my MIL is alone and has a terminal illness.  There is no one else to help, no other living relative other than DH nad his sister. My MIL lives three thousand miles away, requiring plane rides to see her.  She has refused repeatedly to move in with us.  She refuses to enter a retirement community/apartment.  It's completely overwhelming.  My DH has been going back and forth to help her with dr visits, hospitalizations, surgeries, and home healthcare.  My SIL says it's too stressful and too expensive for her to fly out, she has no children, she SAH, and her husband make sure mega bucks, they're very well off.  She just doesn't want to go.  So after months of text messages and emails, my DH called her and had a come to Jesus conversation.  That finally got through to her.

Taking care of an aging parent is so incredibly hard in so many ways on everyone.  Call your brothers, have specific things you want them to do (I need you to contribute $500 a month to her care, or you need to visit her for a week, or you need to fly her to you for a week).  She won't get easier to manage, can you have her move to an assisted living place (some are very nice)?[/quote]

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