Originally Posted by
siankaan1
My mother in law is in her 80's and an excellent example. My dad is approaching 80 and I'm starting to worry about his forgetfulness. I don't know how many times I've told him how the interest on his iBonds work, and every time it comes as a revelation. It's a very delicate business, helping people gracefully lose their independence and capability, especially the people to whom in some sense you'll always be their child. Don't be so quick to judge people.
I live in a complex where up until the housing bubble, was populated by seniors retired from their cold NE homes. I fully understand the dilemma you are facing.
Your case is different - in your case someone needs to take over the management of their finance and such due to their age. It is certainly not an easy task to persuade aging parents to let their children handling their finances but to their and your interests, this needs to be done. I hope at the minimum you have a POA in place so in the emergency you can exercise it.
However, in the OP's scenario, even his aunt might be in the similar situation as your aging parents, since OP booked her ticket, he should have monitored the ticketing - by a simple act of printing the RECEIPT. The button of the Print Receipt and Itinerary would NOT show up if the ticket is not paid yet.