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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shame on those who are judging. Caring for an elder is hard work, emotionally draining, and not appreciated. 
Try it for a week then get back to those of us who do it. 
It’s perfectly normal to view some as “living past their time” - when their quality of life is so low due to pain, confusion, etc. 
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I agree there are circumstances where "living past their time" is 100% applicable and not cruel in the least. My dad has dementia and is in memory care and will very likely leave my mom on medicaid with little left over for her own medical care if/when she needs it. I can say without a single doubt he would not have wanted to live like this.

I think it's good when we are honest in this forum because there are very few places we can talk about the true ugly side of senior care. [/quote]

OP here. I’ll go even further and say that “past one’s time” is when nobody cares if one lives or not, and definitely when the best thing one can do to those around them is die. [/quote]

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