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[quote=Anonymous]I feel the opposite way. My in-laws are in their late 80s and I'm shocked at all the medical care they've received. My MIL was hospitalized for a long time last fall and she was very close to peacefully passing away without to much drama. But the hospital would not let her go and kept pushing food, medicine, drugs, therapy etc. It never got to the CPR point so I don't know what her DNR preference truly is. She then went on to spend months in a rehab facility. She's now at home but my FIL seriously struggles to provide care for her physical issues as well as dementia which got substantially worse after her hospitalization. Its been a huge mess and its not like her quality of life will improve at this point. Its hard for the family in the moment to say stop caring for my loved one. Although DH and his siblings have now agreed they think she would have preferred a more dignified death and will advocate differently the next time. [/quote]
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