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[quote=Anonymous]I’m an only born to older parents and my husband is too. Neither of us have close extended families. We both cared for our moms in their later years/final illnesses (my father died when I was much younger and was cared for by my mom, my FIL is still around but has extensive medical needs that precluded him caring for his wife). I don’t think the logistics of providing eldercare in this scenario are more difficult than they are for people with siblings (for all the reasons discussed unthread), but I will say I found the emotional aspects of dealing with their declines and deaths very, very lonely. Again, though - that’s a function of being the only of older parents (who lost my parents when most of my peers’ parents were still relatively young and healthy) AND not having a strong family network to fall back on.[/quote]
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