Dear Michael, My dad died a few years back and lately my mom, who lives alone, is in frail shape. She lives about two hours away and I’m doing the bulk of the caretaking.
This includes visiting her weekly, grocery shopping, managing her medical appointments, and arranging/monitoring her home health aides.
I love my mother but I am getting overloaded with the responsibilities. I have a brother, Jeff, who actually lives a lot closer to mom than I do.
He’s straight, married, and has three young-ish children. And he’s not doing a lot to help. My mom doesn’t ask Jeff for much because she “doesn’t want to bother” him.