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[quote=Anonymous]OP, as a warning, looking back this was the first sign of my FILs dementia. He was in reality having a hard time mentally following conversation without seeing a face, but didn't want to admit that, so made it about the telephone and the technology. In reality it was early dementia. I wish we had moved him closer then. He objected to the plan strongly and we deferred to him, but we should have moved him when his brain was elastic enough to deal with the move. He had a bad primary doctor who didn't flag the seriousness of the situation for us (we asked repeatedly about the phone and moving him); when we switched doctors later, the new doctor told us that it was dementia, not hearing or technology resistance (and that doctor turned out to be spot-on). I am sorry to be depressing, but I am hoping to spare you what we are going through now (moving FIL would likely kill him, but we are far away).[/quote]
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