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[quote=Anonymous]Parent is entering the sixth or seventh stage of dementia, which I think is considered an end stage disease. While reviewing parent's advance directive, I see they did not want medications and medical interventions at a certain point. My question is that I don't know what that point would be and assume a doctor would indicate when the right time is to withdraw medicartions. Is it now when they are in the final stages of this disease, or does that come later when they can no longer eat...? In the case of my now-deceased parent, hospice was started with parent would not eat. But then they'd start eating again. The situation is not linear and, therefore, was confusing to all of us in the family. Is this something I need to discuss with the primary care doctor? [/quote]
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