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[quote=Anonymous]I plan to move back to my hometown someday where my three siblings still live  It was a great place to grow up but not to make a career.  I never felt like I fit in the city where we have lived and worked for 35 years. My best friends (college) live in other places and we are lucky to see each other in person once a year. I plan to join the neighborhood church, volunteer, and just live a simple life. My siblings and I are close in age so I don’t expect we will be able to care for each other in our old age. However, there are many private board and care homes in the neighborhood and we can pay for in-home help.

I was shocked to hear a sad story of a childless cousin and his wife had no one to care for them in their old age even though he had inherited a substantial sum of money from his mother. Cousin was battling cancer and wife was struggling with cognitive impairment herself but was the only one around to care for him. She would forget to give him medicine and feed him.  She was not competent to take care of herself, let alone care for him. Apparently, no one stepped in until both were in terrible condition yet many came out of the woodwork to get a piece of the estate. [/quote]

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