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When spouses have different needs around visiting during palliative care

My father-in-law is receiving palliative care and my husband wants us to visit constantly while I feel overwhelmed by the intensity and need more space, but I'm afraid he'll think I don't care about his father if I'm honest about my limits.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A couple is caught between honoring one person's way of loving through presence and another's need for self-preservation, with both people afraid that naming their true needs will be interpreted as a lack of love.

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