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When you lose someone who is still physically present

I am watching my wife die slowly from dementia and I grieve the person she was while caring for who she is becoming.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Progressive illness creates a mourning that exists alongside love, with no clear beginning or end to the loss.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The gift of mortality — what loss teaches about being alive?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.