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[quote=Anonymous]Having been in this situation I can tell you that your brother doesn’t want 1) suggestions and 2) the added burden of telling you what to do and when/how to do it. If in fact you want to be helpful then it’s relatively simple. Rather than looking at it as helping your parents look at it as helping your brother, ask him what he needs, give him your dates of visits and travel well in advance and ask if those dates work (allows him the opportunity to plan to be away) take on one aspect of care that you do completely. Identify what needs doing and just do it, take the initiative to lighten the burden of responsibility (it can be as simple as dealing with the logistics of maintaining their household and ensuring their bills are paid to identifying specialists, arranging prescription delivery, setting up grocery delivery) Do not raise an issue without also having the intention of resolving that same issue. [/quote]
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