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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does your mom want to do?[/quote]

My mom seems to be in denial and hasn’t really expressed her interests at all. Maybe she doesn’t know what she wants, or maybe she doesn’t want to push back on my dad.

I didn’t mean that she won’t eat and will starve herself, just that she will probably subsist on frozen dinners because she doesn’t like to cook. She is very intelligent - she was a psychiatrist (so a doctor) and now volunteers at a hospital 4 days per week. She is very capable for the most part, just not domestically.

She will never agree to assisted living. Finances are not clear. They own their townhouse outright but there are some monthly HOA fees. They have a good amount of savings, but given that my mom is only 77 and could live for many more years, not sure how that would last should she get sick.[/quote]

She may rise to the occasion.

After my dad passed (suddenly), my mom was overwhelmed with the logistics and also considered moving to DC to be close to us, but eventually she figured out how to do everything (hired financial advisors and lawyers to help) and really did rise to the task of doing everything my dad used to do.

I'm so glad she stayed where she was, where she has a really rich life full of friends and volunteer work and a religious community. [/quote]

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