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When adult siblings can't agree on caring for aging parents

My mom is getting older and needs more help but my brother lives across the country and somehow I've become the default caregiver, and we've never actually discussed how this should work. Every time I try to bring it up, he gets defensive and I get resentful and nothing changes.

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Unspoken assumptions about family responsibility are creating resentment that threatens both the caregiving and the relationship.

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