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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dealing with this now. Mother is 79 and starting to lose it. But refuses any kind of senior care facility. Sibling is gone to Colorado and sends a periodic Thanks for taking care of Mom kind of message.

Feel stuck with this. Abandoning your mother isn't on anyone's list of things to do.

But I'm confined to the DC area while I deal with this. Not thrilled about the circumstances. And I hate my sister more and more for being so useless with this problem. [/quote]

My mother lives with my elder brother.  He recently became a widower.  Thankfully, both my brother and my mom are fairly well-to-do so they have all kind of help.

Since I and my other siblings do not help with the day-to-day care of my mom, we go for several weeks  to my elder brother's home to get his affairs sorted - selling property, decluttering, home remodelling, babysitting mom so he can go on  vacations, helping his adult kids, putting systems in place at home, representing the family in social occasions, attending the births, marriages and funerals of the families of our uncles and aunts...etc.[/quote]

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