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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was really happy to see my mother spend money on cruises, visiting family often in another country and even buying a condo there, buying a safer car with automatic breaking and sensors,, etc.

What is tough to see is how much money is going to be wasted as she cognitively declines from dementia. I took her to the dentist and lunch last week in the morning and when I called her in the evening she asked when I was going to visit because she hadn’t seen me in a while. She had no memory she went to the dentist or out to lunch with me. She is anti-depression medication because she realizes she is losing her mind and expresses how she doesn’t want to live like this.  She is now spending $80,000 a year for an assisted living plus medication management and some other devices. As she declines more and more it will be 100-120k every year. Her neurologist told me she probably has 5 more years but it can be hard to predict.

If she were cognitively aware she would be appalled her end of life care is going to be over $600,000 and the quality is awful.

I have told my husband and kids I plan on going to Switzerland for assisted suicide as. Soon as I get a diagnosis of cognitive impairment because I would rather my kids get something like  $300,000 each instead of a corporation that has bought up assisted living places and I do not want my kids to have the stress of dealing with a parent with dementia. [/quote]

Are you saying she's crazy to not kill herself? [/quote]

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