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Dear Annie: How do we know we made the right choice leaving mom to live on her own until she was 91?
Dear Annie: How do we know we made the right choice leaving mom to live on her own until she was 91?
Dear Annie: How do we know we made the right choice leaving mom to live on her own until she was 91?

Published on: 04/12/2026

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Some of my siblings worried we should insist that she move closer to one of us or into assisted living. But to me, it never seemed fair to pull her away from the community she knew . Getty Images

Dear Annie: I am one of six siblings, and none of us lived closer than four hours from our mother as she grew older. That distance made everything harder. We did our best to keep an eye on her and noticed small changes whenever we visited.

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