Family Matters: Make or break

06.12.2013                      03.Tewet.5774

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Family Matters: Make or break

Samuel makes the decision to move his dad to a nursing home but he has to confront his sisters who don't want to hear about it.

Samuel asks: “My father is a year shy of 90. He’s led a good life but recently he’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He’s become very aggressive towards my mother and the rest of the family, and I believe he can no longer stay at home. The problem is, I have two sisters who live abroad who don’t want to hear about any of it. I tried explaining that he’ll be taken care of better in an appropriate aged-care facility, but they think his close family is the one who needs to take care of him. How can I get them to support me with this move?”….