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How witnessing cognitive decline challenges beliefs about quality of life

I am watching my vibrant grandmother slowly disappear to dementia and I keep wondering if I would want to live like that and it makes me question everything about dignity and life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Observing a loved one's mental deterioration forces difficult questions about what makes life worth living.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mortality as teacher — death as clarifying force?”

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