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When a parent's cognitive decline turns inheritance into emotional manipulation

My mother has dementia and keeps changing her will every few months depending on which child visited her most recently and we are all walking on eggshells trying to stay in her good graces instead of just loving her.

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The vulnerability of aging minds transforms family relationships into performances when love becomes contingent on maintaining favor for financial security.

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