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How dementia complicates beliefs about soul and afterlife

My pastor said my father-in-law is 'in a better place' but he had dementia for five years and barely knew us, so I keep wondering if there was even a 'him' left to go anywhere.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Witnessing cognitive decline has raised difficult questions about the nature of identity and what persists after death.

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