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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, I'm also not sure if you're the OP or not, but it has gotten ridiculous. Adult children have their own lives, which don't revolve around mommy. If mommy needs lots of help and socializing, you need to hire it out, the adult children cannot be anyone's only outlet. Loneliness is normal, we all have to find our own things to do and our own entertainment, and never has it been easier than now. Adult children don't call and visit regularly because they're busy with jobs and families, and there might be long-standing relationship problems. Elderly need to have their own group of peers to socialize with. At the end of the day, you cannot force anyone to do what you want. Your siblings are adults and decide for themselves, and this decision may be different from yours, and you'll just have to live with it. I never remember my own grandparents expecting everybody to sit with them or eat with them because they're bored, they found their own things to do until the very end. [/quote]

Not OP and I agree to some extent, but the reality is people live for so long they rarely can live an autonomous life until the end. The best scenario I have seen was my great aunt who was 90+, lived at home, in good health. She still needed help to take her to doctor appointments and shopping. So unless you can throw money at it, someone has to be involved to some extent.[/quote]

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