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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is is OP. She never had kids. She also had basically zero assets. He is wealthy. He divorced her because her dementia.[/quote]

Divorce is very sensible under those circumstances, even if he intended to provide support.

Dementia is one of those conditions where you should reasonably expect to go on palliative/hospice care, if not begin arrangements for MAD. If that's not what you want, then you should be prepared to go on alone. It isn't reasonable to force others to go through that.[/quote]

I sincerely hope your spouse divorces you as soon as you get sick if this is how you feel. [/quote]

They understand that I don't want heroic measures, and that goal would be to hasten death in the event of significant physical or mental impairments. In particular, I don't want to be treated in the event of a stroke if the alternative is death. They also understand I would make similar choices for them.

It is natural to die. We all do it. Don't be so selfish by putting your supposed loved ones through hell. Keeping dementia patients alive is one of the worst things to do. It can go on for years without meaningful quality of life for anyone involved.[/quote]

Dementia patients do have periods when they regain memories and joy of life. It’s not like we can just choose to die. The decease develops slowly

Are our suggesting just dumping all such loved ones and letting them become bums ? Or kill them off ? The last person who suggested that was Hitler [/quote]

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