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[quote=Anonymous]100% you should charge money for what you’re doing.

My dad was one of six kids. 4 brothers married with kids, who all moved away from home. 2 sisters, neither married no kids, who stayed close to their mother. Once Grandma got dementia and required care, the 2 sisters took on all the work and the 4 brothers all contributed money. In their case Grandma didn’t have $ for nursing home so the brothers paid that and the sisters did not pay since they were contributing their time. It worked very well, no resentment and was the obvious practical arrangement. And honestly the two sisters worked HARD and the brothers were lucky to be able to just pay their way out of it. So, while your situation is slightly different you’re entitled to some kind of compensation for your work, imo.

You might want to get a quote from an assistant who can help with your mom for X hours a week. Tell your siblings it’s too much work for you and you want to either split the cost or they can pay you $X instead.[/quote]

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