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[quote=Anonymous]If your parents pass away quickly then there often aren't any issues. It is when they linger for years and years. My father had a heart attack and passed away within two weeks. My siblings I worked well together planning his funeral and getting our mother situated into a small retirement living community. That worked well for the next 5 years. All the siblings got along. Then our mother had a stroke at 80 and suddenly went from driving, going on outings, being active to it being a sh*t show. It has been a slow decline mixed in with sudden drops in her ability to function. Now five years later our relationship has been ruined over the stress of figuring out what to do with her, who is doing more, whether to spend all the money now on better care or spread it out. The families I know who are united had parents who didn't linger for years with dementia/alzheimers etc. [/quote]
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