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When siblings disagree about elderly parent care

My brother and I are both taking care of our aging father and we keep fighting about what's best for him — I want more professional help, he wants to handle it ourselves, and Dad gets caught in the middle of our disagreements. We used to be able to talk through anything but now every conversation about Dad turns into us relitigating old family dynamics.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The stress of caregiving is activating unresolved family patterns that prevent collaborative decision-making.

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