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Originally Posted by Xist
If Mom has a medical emergency, my know-it-all nurse practitioner sister lives 9 miles from a place I am pursuing, and we wouldn't need to worry about them aeroevaccing her to Mesa.
If Mom is just being high-maintenance I can tell that same sister "I took care of her for 5 years, you can help for 2 while I earn my Master's."
If Mom insists that I go and pick up something unnecessary there are Uber and Uber Eats.
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Having family close certainly can help - assuming that your "know-it-all sister" has agreed to take over caregiving. If not then the distance doesn't really matter. Do you sister and mother get along?
However, if you are really handing over caregiving to your sister then it would make sense for your mom and brother to live with her instead of you. The live-in family member always gets the bulk of care giving. You mom isn't going to call you sister for something if you are in the house.
I still don't know how you expect to attend grad school while living with your brother and mother. We've had years of stories of how you were going to do XY or Z but were derailed by family distractions. I guess it might work if you treat school as a job. Commute to school, stay 8 - 12 hours and get your classes, studying, and other course work done, then return home to sleep. That is what my wife did for grad school. Not so for distractions but because the school was a 100 mile drive.