Siblings Archives - Aging, caregiving and the journey through the second half of life

10 Post-Holiday Reminders For Caregivers-Number One

January 5, 2021

Sibling Rules We tell ourselves that things are going to be better this year between our siblings. We’re not going to react to their provocative remarks or rude behavior. Thee truth is we don’t even make it through the first…

Sibling Rules

February 3, 2020

It’s a fact of family life: roles are cut in stone. Stop trying to change a sibling who for the most part resents your audacity to assume you have the right to “fix’ him or her. Accurately assess what a…

Sibling Conflict Over Money: Caregiving and Inheritance

August 12, 2017

This article by Alessandra Malito for Market Watch offers important insights into why the majority of parents do not reveal to their children the the details of their inheritance. As important, it describes the assumptions and attitude of siblings towards…

Home Unfurnishing Your Parent’s Stuff

February 15, 2017

This is an excellent article by Richard Eisenberg that offers eight strategies for systematically paring down the stuff of aging parents that apparently nobody wants. It’s a necessary but ultimately awkward ritual of sorting with an eye towards aggressively casting…

Failing In Place

July 23, 2016

New arrivals to our caregiver support group confirm what’s being reported in the medical literature. Dementia in the land of aging parents has reached a tipping point and now become the overwhelming concern of 80-90% of our attendees. The vast…

The Sibling Dilemma

January 12, 2008

“But things in this life change very slowly, if they ever change at all” The Eagles from Sad Cafe In David Rico’s book “The Five Things We Cannot Changeone of the immutable laws of living on earth is that “life…