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How to preserve dignity during cognitive decline

I had to move my mother into memory care and cleaning out her apartment felt like erasing her life and I do not know how to honor who she was.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Witnessing the gradual disappearance of someone's selfhood requires holding space for who they were while accepting who they are becoming.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with New meaning after loss — Frankl applied to grief?”

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