I feel what you are going through. Not with the siblings, as I am an only child, like one of the other ones who posted.
My mother is 87. Ten years ago she was a young 77 year old who looked and acted like someone aged 65 or so. Now she is bent and in pain with osteo-arthritis and the related symptoms. Her eyes are going too, macular degeneration. Otherwise her general health is good. She could likely live another 10 or more years. We have ten acres and live next door to each other. My wife is a doll for understanding when I go check "on the neighbor" and don't come back for a couple of hours.
It's working so far, but I can see the time we are going to need more, and there will be decisions which will fall on my shoulders alone. Some unpleasant I'm sure.
Hold on to what you have. Unload on whoever will listen, sometimes that simple act of someone's friendship can be a life saver.
What was that saying???: It's not that life is so short, it's that dead is a very very long time....
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