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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That sounds like great way for MIL to get COVID with no benefit to her. They aren’t even her relatives!

Go with a different plan. How far away are the siblings? Ideally they’d rapid test and then go to see her for half an hour or so.[/quote]

Um, I'm elderly myself -- late seventies and still in good health.  Still, if I were in her situation, getting COVID in my 90s (and dying from it) would be preferable to continuing to live demented and helpless.[/quote]

The thing is it might not kill her though. But it could make her dementia worse. Or cause other health issues. Which would make it much more expensive to care for her. My mother could walk on her own before COVID and only had one caregiver. COVID disabled her so much that she is now a two person assist. Plus, who is going to care for the mother if she gets COVID? The caregiver? The sister who took her to the party?

If the sister insists on taking her, I think you should insist in advance that she and her immediate family will move in and care for the mother if she gets COVID. The caregiver should not have to.

Going to this party is of zero benefit to the mother. [/quote]

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