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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why my plan is to kill myself if I get in this situation. I’d rather leave my money to my kids than burn through it all myself.[/quote]

A lot of people think this, but the truth is by the time you’re anywhere near needing 24/7 care, you’re well past the point where you could make and execute that decision. Just functionally in most cases, ethics aside. [/quote]

A cautionary tale: my MIL told FIL years ago that if she would k—- herself if she should ever get a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

My FIL was so afraid of her threat that he blatantly ignored her rapidly progressing cognitive decline and waited 2 years to have her see a GP and then insisted that she NOT be told anything about her condition. All the while MIL has agnosognosia - she’s unaware that there’s anything wrong.

MIL is now in mod-severe stage and FIL refuses all outside help. He’s done nothing to help her - no safety accommodations in their home, no enrichment activities, zero insight on disease progression- he’s in deep denial and a bumbling idiot. Meanwhile, MIL rots in front of a tv, wanders around the house, goes without bathing or showering for a week or more…[/quote]

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