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[quote=Anonymous]MIL is 93 and she suffers from dementia (Alzheimer's/vascular). She is aging in place and she has a team of home aides.

DH and his siblings, all in their 50s and 60s, seem to get more and more attached to their mother as every year passes. DH's sisters especially are extremely close to MIL.

My parents passed when they were in their 50s and 60s , so I don't know what it's like to have an elderly parent.

As MIL's dementia will progress they don't know if she will be able to stay in her own house until she passes, but equally they don't want to discuss MIL's future care (among each other)
MIL herself never made any plans for her own care.

Is this normal? I fear that one day there will be a crisis that none of them will be prepared for. I just find it strange that they're so close to their mother but her end of life care is not a topic they like to discuss.
I am more practically minded so I think I would like to have a plan B and C in my mind should something go wrong.[/quote]

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