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[quote=Anonymous]My parents are 83 and 84 and are thankfully in pretty good health. They have been talking for years about moving into a local retirement community, but they have never been able to pull the trigger and do it. It took me some time to absorb that even though they are both cognitively pretty with it this is just too big of a process for them to handle. I realize I can't force them to do anything, but they keep mentioning moving to my brother and I and we would like to help/have offered help/have set goals, and all for nought this far. At this point I kind have accepted that we might be looking at a crisis to force the move, but obviously that's not ideal. If you were able to break through the excuses and just help, how did you do it? Did you present as a united front with siblings? What did you actually do that helped? My dad brought up taxes to my brother. My mom has a zillion reasons why no one will want to buy the house. Lather, rinse, repeat. [/quote]
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