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[quote=Anonymous]My Dh is the primary "caretaker" for his 99 year old mother. She is in assisted living, but attending to her needs-- dealing with finances, insurance, medication, health care issues, assisted living issues, shopping for personal items and clothing-- and visiting her takes a huge amount of time and mental energy. None of his sibling are local. There are 2 things his siblings can do to be helpful. The first is to visit more often to give us a free weekend every now and again. We visit her every Sunday (and DH sees her during the week) and it's nice to get a break. The second would be to take over whatever can be done remotely. E.g., MIL's 1099 form for her government pension didn't arrive and we couldn't get into her online account. DH spent an hour on hold with OPM to get a copy. This is something one of his siblings could do. And would have done if they, instead of we, were in charge of doing her taxes, something else they could do. [/quote]
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