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Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XIII
When A Tree Lands On Your House So, after consulting wise people whose profession requires them to know this stuff, we decided to follow the guidance of deception as kindness. Whatever we did, we were not going to tell her … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, care for mother, deception as compassion, dementia, not alone
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Adventures in Dementia*land: Part XII
Click here for previous post in this series. Deception as the Kindest Thing As we move closer to The Time (when my mother can no longer live in her own home), it becomes clearer that honesty must cede its high … Continue reading
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