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When families struggle with caregiving boundaries during dying processes

My mother is dying at home and my father insists on doing all her physical care himself even though it's clearly too much for him, and the rest of us family members don't know how to help without undermining his need to care for his wife.

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The physical demands of death care can become a site of family conflict between capability, dignity, and love.

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“Where Are You with Death and dying — the physical process?”

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