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How to cope when a parent has dementia

My father is getting more and more confused and yesterday he didn't recognize me for about twenty minutes and I don't know how to prepare myself for watching him disappear.

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The anticipatory grief of losing someone who is still physically present creates a unique form of emotional limbo.

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