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[quote=Anonymous]My mother died recently. The last several years have been focused on her health problems and now that she has passed, my siblings and I are starting to realize we are in a new phase of figuring out how to support my father.

My parents steadfastly refused to move (a 7 hour drive from the nearest child, in a large not accessible home) and it looks like my father will continue in that vein. He has enough money to do so. My father is late 70s, still works full time for his own business, and is in relatively good health (some conditions but nothing acute). He has some social network but nothing like a close relative in town.

So, what do I need to be thinking about in the short term? Here's an example: it occurred to me today that if my father is having a routine test that requires someone to drive him home, one of us may need to travel to be there. Or another example: I've learned that my mother did all the bill paying so we're working on setting up autopay and using his business's bookkeeper to keep track.

What else is there - either needs/problems to foresee or things I should be lining up?[/quote]

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