Coordinating with brothers and sisters when you are looking after an older parent together.
8 articles on this topic.
If you're caring for an older parent and small children at the same time, you're not failing. You're just doing two full-time jobs alongside the actual one. Here's what helps, what doesn't, and the boundaries that matter.
Read article →The discharge letter says one thing, real life says another. What we wished we'd known about the first week home, who to ring for what, and how to share the load before everyone burns out.
Read article →Most families have these conversations after the fall, the stroke, the 3am phone call. Having them first means everyone knows who does what when it actually happens. A practical list, in plain English.
Read article →If you're quietly doing more for Mum than your siblings realise, this is for you. How to make the invisible work visible without it turning into a row.
Read article →Coordinating visits with siblings is harder than it sounds. Here is the simple system that finally worked for us.
Read article →WhatsApp groups are great for a lot of things. Coordinating care for a parent isn't really one of them.
Read article →If looking after a parent is causing tension between you and your siblings, you are not alone. Here is what helps.
Read article →Three siblings, two with kids, one living three hours away. Here is the simple rota that ended the 'has anyone seen Mum today?' Sunday-evening panic, plus what we got wrong on the first attempt.
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