Elder care (-) 

The Mother of The Mate lives with us, and has moderate to severe cognitive impairment consistent with age-related dementia. She also lost most of a front tooth Sunday night: there's no saving it.

There are options. They all have various tradeoffs and care requirements. And /we can't explain them to her in any way that will persist/. 'Informed Consent' becomes interesting when you're playing whack-a-mole with coherence.

My week just became exponentially more complicated.

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Elder care (-) 

@Momentrabbit oh I remember those discussions :(

*sending many, many hugs*

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