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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I totally understand your frustration and anger at this situation.

[b]Your siblings are selfish jerks. [/b]

If it’s any consolation, having spend nearly a decade in elder care/hospice care, this is a very common occurrence even when all the siblings live nearby - there is typically one adult child who ends up carrying the vast majority of the load of caring for elder parents. It’s typically a female adult child and more often than not the eldest, or the eldest of the females.

It’s not fair and there is no acceptable excuse, especially when you all have family obligations of your own. Your siblings are selfish jerks. They will most likely never properly thank you for the huge sacrifices you are making to take care of your elderly parents, either.[/quote]

What is wrong with you?
Because they don't want to blow up their career and family life, they are selfish jerks?

The "selfish jerks" here are OP's parents, who refuse to have any outside help in the home or move to a facility, and apparently did no planning beyond expecting their adult children to sacrifice everything and come care for them![/quote]

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