Clash of the Siblings!

Worried about your parents and fighting with your siblings over their care?  When it comes to mom and dad, even families who get along well will experience disagreements from time to time.

Finding common ground and reaching a mutual understanding about how best to support your parent/s isn't always easy. With the help of an unbiased professional such as an Aging Life Care Professional (aka Geriatric Care Manager), you can find balance, as well as solutions.

Resources and Supports

• Surviving and Soothing Sibling Strife When Caring for Aging Parents (Aging Wisdom blog)
• Bringing families together when there's conflict (Aging Wisdom podcast)
• The Empowered Caregiver by Linda Fordini-Johnson (book we highly recommend)
• When Your Aging Parent Needs Help by Leslie Kernisan, MD, and Paula Spencer Scott (another book we highly recommend)

This is an excerpt of a longer conversation between Laura Vaillancourt on her Life on Repeat podcast and Lisa Mayfield, Aging Wisdom's founder and principal. 

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