In the previous lesson we discussed the importance of having a family meeting or at least conversations. In theory talking to your loved one and your family about their care needs, who will do what, when and how, should be easy - in theory. But the reality is - that having open and honest conversations about the difficult subject of someone increasing disability or incapacitation really only happens in Hallmark movies.

But most of us don't live in Hallmark movies and reality is a lot more complicated. Families are a blend of personalities, idiosyncrasies and with shared history both good and bad. And all operate at some level of dysfunction.

But regardless of where your family falls on the dysfunction scale, when dealing with human beings and human emotions you can expect to have some conflict. But you can learn to anticipate and therefore avoid or navigate around some of the more common reasons for conflict