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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is a tough subject, but I think that cancer centers are so focused on patients with mild cancer who might get better that they don’t offer very good support for patients who are faring poorly.

I’ve found a few good posts on Quora.

I found a brochure somewhere that was a pretty good intro to death.

But even that brochure was very general, as if a book about babies said, “You should baby nutritious food.” Yeah, sure. But there’s more to it. If a web article about dying from cancer says your loved one might have a lot of pain, well, yeah, but there’s more to it.

Just interpreting what my father is saying and figuring out how to separate out facts, delirium, dementia and the effects of aphasia is really hard. It’s hard to find anything about how to talk to people with cancer in the brain, at all. I have no idea whether the guides for talking to people with Alzheimer’s are even relevant.

My dad’s in a good facility, so I can ask the aides, but I wish there were better resources for people caring for older loved ones when dementia isn’t the chief complaint. [/quote]

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