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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your dad isn't going to live long enough to benefit from a move, OP. And your mom, because of the dementia and because she's preoccupied with his illnesses and anticipating grief, isn't cognitively able to process the idea of moving. [/quote] DP. This is kind of blunt, but true. I saw the "analysis paralysis" with my grandparents and now my own parents. They were/are cognitively fine, but just can't make a decision. My parents have been talking about moving to a retirement community for over 5 years. They are in their early 80's now. Over Christmas I realized that my mother believes/realizes that my father will pass before her (this is likely true) but they've been married for 56 years and she can't seem to move forward with decisions, etc., without him. OP, it sounds like the outcome here will be FIL dying and MIL not being able to function on her own. Does your husband or one of his siblings have a POA?[/quote]
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