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How do the sisters help their parents? |
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Answer» Answer: Sometimes, sibling rivalry never really goes away, it just goes underground. And when it resurfaces in adulthood over the care of aging parents, the stakes are much higher than who has the best REPORT card or plays with the favorite toy. Friends and relatives provide an annual $522 billion in informal care for elderly AMERICANS, according to a STUDY released Monday by the Rand Corp. Often, adult siblings at least nominally split the care of aging parents. Occasionally, a shared-care ARRANGEMENT proceeds smoothly. More often, experts say, it doesn’t. “This is a serious, serious problem that is under the radar,” said Jeanne SAFER, a psychotherapist who specializes in adult sibling rivalry and the author of “Cain’s Legacy: Liberating Siblings from a Lifetime of Rage, Shame, Secrecy and Regret. |
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