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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your mom own a house?
Does she get social security 
Does she have other money?

Your answer to your brothers is “no, it’s not horrible. [b]what’s horrible is you moved far away without taking into account how you would care for our parents”[/b]

Then figure out the money and get your mom into a safe environment with good care and supplement that care with a companion.

It’s her money don’t try to save it for yall. 
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Good advice other than the bolded, which is flat-out ridiculous.  [/quote]

Not ridiculous when they expect the "sisters nearby" to do all the work.  
We have never lived near our parents.  My parents wouldn't move near us, so we spent the money to help them get into a CCRC.  That way if something happens, I can manage it via the phone.  And if it takes me a few days to get there, they are still taken care of---and if it takes more the same--we offered to pay and move them closer to us, the trade off for them not doing that is we visit a few times a year and they know if they end up in the hospital I might be managing it remotely and trusting the CCRC to do their job.

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