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When siblings disagree about a parent's wishes during illness

My sister and I have been taking care of our mom's finances since her dementia got worse and we keep disagreeing about what she would have wanted, and I'm starting to realize we might have completely different memories of who she was before she got sick.

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Two people are trying to honor someone they both love while discovering their versions of that person—and what constitutes honoring—may be fundamentally different.

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