AY, @@ makes the points I would make.

In my case, I gave money to a parent on several occassions, although my therapist was clearly not on board with the times this happened while seeing her. I have some horrid siblings who only wanted to know where the money was when this same parent went into a facility and another who wanted to be paid to visit her as a way to spend down her assets--so that's the opposite end of things. Blondie seemingly falls toward the cold and heartless side, while somehow making it sound healthy. I had no idea that was the norm.