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tlg: dementia caregiving

Do I Keep Feeding the Empty Shell of my Mother?

The Living Will says no artificial feeding or hydration. Have I become her personal feeding tube?

Sep 07, 2024
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They’re at the cusp of a new phase, Ma and her dementia, and I’m not sure where it’s going or what the next right thing is.

One of my retirement projects has been organizing photos into some orderly, searchable order. Trashing dupes, blurry photos, people I no longer recognize or care about. I’m reliving our families lives from sepia tones to digital edi…

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