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Why dying grandparents sometimes don't want visits from grandchildren

I'm dying of cancer and my adult kids keep bringing their children to visit me but I'm so sick that I can barely interact with them and I feel like they'll remember me as this weak sick person instead of who I used to be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The desire to preserve dignified memory can conflict with family's need for final connection and closure.

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