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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a childless fifty year old who has taken care of many elderly relatives in a variety of settings. [b]I’ve pretty much decided I’d rather die puttering around my apartment and falling than in a nursing home.[/b] What are her finances like ? Could she or you afford home caregivers?[/quote] It’s not all about you. This attitude is so self-centered and selfish. Dementia patients left on their own become a danger to everyone else. Their neighbors, first responders, random innocent people.[/quote] How? Assuming you take away their car keys. And have good fire alarms. [/quote] They wander into traffic and get killed.[/quote]
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