Surely there are some people out there whose parents got it, they took care of them and dealt with the whole situation, they eventually died, and it wasn’t utterly harrowing?
My mum has it. (We have lasting power of attorney, I know that’s the thing people always say you need.) She is not your average old person, she runs a business, has hobbies, more of a social life than most of my friends. She never sits down, never watches tv, always thinking, doing, opinionated as hell, won’t be told a thing. Already as mad as a box of frogs, never mind that she can no longer remember anything.
I’m just waiting for the sh*t to hit the fan and wondering if there is any way it might just be ok. Hoping she can stay at home without any major calamities until she’s bad enough to not really know what’s going on, then she will need a nursing home and hopefully there are nice ones out there.
Am I just in denial and deluding myself? Or has anyone experienced this and managed to get through it thinking it wasn’t the worst?
I am sorry in advance for your losses - I am asking people about their parents dying and I do not mean to be flippant about that. Really sorry if this makes anyone feel sad. I’m sad too.