There is a hidden tax break many local families don’t know about. Thousands of local families care for elderly loved ones. They are working longer hours, paying higher gas and medical bills and struggling to find the money and time to care for aging loved ones.

Since Jan. 1, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day turned 65. This pattern will continue for the next 19 years, according to the Pew Research Center.With these astounding numbers, many of us are confronted with and are caring for aging and elderly parents. Those of us with siblings are sharing in the responsibilities, which too can be a challenge. Yet there’s hope, and this hope is manifested …

As humans live longer, more and more people are finding themselves caring for their elderly parents. And its not unusual for problems to arise between brothers and sisters.

Working full time as a single parent and raising a family is no easy task, but add the duties of caring for an elderly parent, and the stress level explodes.

Caring for an elderly parent can be a strain on sibling relationships, especially when the division of responsibilities is one-sided. That’s one of the conclusions of research released Tuesday that says for most Canadian siblings with parents in need of care, one of the adult children usually takes on the bulk of responsibilities.

Caring for aging parents is tricky. As parents get older, adult children often worry about their ability to manage their finances. It’s all too common for seniors to miss bills, spend all their money or become victims of scams .

Caring for elderly, ailing parents can be stressful for siblings who are trying to juggle their own family obligations and address feelings toward their parents.