The Role of Siblings in Eldercare By Calm Pond

Did you know that according to a survey by the National Caregivers Association, 76% of family carers say they don’t receive help from other family members. To me that seems sad, but here is an attempt to uncover potential solutions, gleaned from two blog posts I read.
The first one is entitled: ‘Why Caregiving Creates Tension Among Siblings’, by Gary Gilles, and can be found at:https://www.mentalhelp.net/blogs/when-caregiving-creates-tension-among-siblings-part-i

Here are some takeaways for you based on that post:

• Caregiving
  can bring out the best and the worst in sibling relationships, strained
  relations can ensue
• Siblings
  can find themselves living out historical ‘roles’ based on previous family
  patterns
• One
  or more siblings can deny the condition of the parent(s), thereby protecting
  themselves from the painful realization of parent(s) decline. In time, however, denial can be replaced by
  acceptance.
• One
  possible solution to the sibling -non-involvement challenge is to schedule
  family meetings or…