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When aging parents deny reality to preserve dignity

My grandmother is losing her sight and refuses help, insisting she's fine while bumping into furniture, and I don't know whether to respect her autonomy or intervene.

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The collision between someone's right to self-determination and their diminishing capacity to exercise it safely forces us into impossible choices between respect and protection.

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