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Caregiving With Siblings: Resolving Issues While Caring for Parents
Issues between siblings often seem to come to a head when a parent begins requiring care. Use these pointers to improve communication skills, minimize dysfunction and recognize when it’s time to set boundaries with toxic siblings.
64 CommentsSaying “No” to Family Drama While Caregiving
Relationships are often strained when a serious illness and caregiving enter the picture. But, if your interactions with certain relatives are increasingly stressful and negative, it may be time to shut down family drama once and for all.
49 CommentsGetting the Family to Agree on a Care Plan for an Older Adult
Tempers can flare when an aging relative has a crisis and family members disagree on how to respond. Use these steps to help your family work as a cohesive team.
4 CommentsFamily Meetings: Making Care Decisions for Aging Parents
Immediate family often serves as the foundation of a senior’s care team, but relationship dynamics can hinder vital planning and decision-making processes. Discover simple do’s and don’ts that will make care meetings less complicated and more productive.
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Relationships Questions
Why won't Medicaid help my mother anymore? They dropped her from Medicaid in 2021. Now she's 94 and they still refuse her Medicaid.
16 Answersigloo572 Replied 4 hours agoGiving or receiving eye rolls? How does that make you feel as a caregiver?
9 AnswersHothouseflower Answered 23 hours agoI am an elder accused of negativity and complaining, any suggestions on how I can fix this?
26 AnswersJenny10 Answered 23 hours agoSenior siblings angry because I won’t take younger sister into my home to be her caregiver.
9 Answerssouthernwave Answered Jan 10, 2026
Relationships Discussions
The Caregiver & Dysfunctional Families: How are you doing?
34,663 Commentsbundleofjoy Commented 10 hours agoThe only thing I want for Christmas this year is for my husband's worthless brother to move out of our house and never come back!
11 CommentsJoAnn29 Commented Jan 10, 2026How do you handle your parent being angry about the idea of going into a memory care facility?
7 CommentsLlamalover47 Commented Jan 9, 2026Which is easiest for you to talk about with your family: money, health care and medical matters, or caregiving?
1 CommentSlartibartfast Commented Dec 29, 2025
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