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When adult siblings must coordinate elderly parent care despite unresolved family dynamics

My mom is aging and my brother and I are trying to figure out care decisions but we have completely different relationships with her and different financial situations and every conversation about what's best for her becomes a fight about our childhood. We can't seem to separate past hurt from present responsibility.

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Old family patterns resurface with new intensity when adult children must collaborate on caring for the person who shaped those very patterns.

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