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[quote=Anonymous]You need to emotionally detach, OP and consider only what's financially sound for your family.

My mother has Multiple Sclerosis, and should have done PT for decades. But she hates being reminded of her disease and so does nothing. I've reminded her again and again. Also I've nagged her about smoking, which she's never stopped. So now she's frail, with decreased lung capacity, limited range of movement and poor muscular form, and dependent on my father, who has started to cognitively decline. It's a slow trainwreck.

It's been years since I stopped caring what my mother does to her health, OP. I care about my father's health, because he's tried to keep himself in shape and deserves it, and he's the only person providing care for my mother right now. It means that his ability to keep going is critical to keeping both of their eldercare costs low, which benefits me indirectly, since I don't want to feel guilty about not paying myself for their basic care. Nursing homes are costly.

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