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When distance complicates shared caregiving

My brother and I are both caring for our aging father but he lives closer and ends up doing most of the day-to-day stuff while I handle the financial and medical decisions from a distance and we're both feeling like the other doesn't understand what we're dealing with.

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Two siblings are carrying different types of caregiving burden and struggling to recognize and appreciate each other's contributions.

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