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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who is coordinating her care?
It is so hard when a LO makes terrible decisions and you want to help but have limited power to do so. I'm sorry for your cousin and for you, OP. 
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She is coordinating her own care. Neglected to mention that she was released to assisted living after her most recent hospitalization, but checked herself out. Has also refused one of those fall buttons.

Intellectually, I get that she has the right to do this. And I can opt not to participate. But damn, that will leave me feeling like a sh*t human.

It’s hard to watch. People are so complicated.[/quote]

NP. It's really a mindset issue. Your feeling guilty isn't helping her. What about if you thought of it in terms of her own agency. Like a PP said, we all have agency to "ruin" our lives.

You just have to let it go. I would be so mad that my dad would stand on the counter to reach something in his early days of dementia. But, it was his choice to take the risk and he had the agency to do it.

We underestimate how important that is to thriving. She might die sooner, but by God, she made her own decisions till the end. [/quote]

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