Caregiver Stress - My Brothers do not even Respond to Phone Calls when my Mother is in the Emergency room.

by Noreen
(Horsham, PA)

She recently spent 2 days in the hospital and neither brother called or visited her. I am so angry I don't know what to do with it.

This has been going on for 8 years and includes a heart attack, stroke and cancer, not to mention several falls and congestive heart failure. In addition, one brother wrote himself checks for over $18,000 while he had the Power of Attorney.

I fought to get the POA back and now have her placed in an assisted living facility, she has dementia and is incontinent. But my brother fights me and the facility every chance he gets because he doesn't want her money spent on that.

I can't concentrate on work because I am so frustrated and angry. If I have to do all the work, fine, but not only don't I get a thank you, I get yelled at and cursed at and ignored