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[quote=Anonymous]I took on guardianship and conservatorship for my husband’s aunt after his uncle died. She had dementia, and while they had a son, he was disabled and in a residential facility himself. It was essentially dumped on me because i was a SAHM at the time. It was a very challenging experience- people often assumed she was my mom, but not only were we not biologically related- we had never been particularly close. Understanding her needs and preferences for care were difficult because of this. Luckily she had financial resources so we did not have financially support her, but it took a profound emotional toll on me to invest so much time and energy into caring for a person I didn’t really know.[/quote]
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