http://mydementedmom.com/2009/12/27/terminal-sleep-dealings-with-the-devil/ 5 million Americans suffer from Dementia. My mom is one of them. A site for young adult caregivers struggling and coping with "the long goodbye." Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:30:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mydementedmom.com/2009/12/27/terminal-sleep-dealings-with-the-devil/#comment-273 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:12:27 +0000 http://mydementedmom.com/?p=516#comment-273 read that article in the NYTimes too and found it very interesting given that is how my dad finished off his days in hospice. the whole question of meds in the meantime is constantly on my mind as my mom’s dr. keeps suggesting we get started using the exelon patch, etc. she’s 83 with 4 or 5 stents in her heart…do we really need to pay top dollar for dementia meds? Really? who said? Am I in denial and being cruel or am I really listening to her that she’s tired and wouldn’t mind “joining” my dad in the next year or so…? She’s been most vocal about how peaceful his dying was in hospice and has asked us to reserve her a room. I hear her loud and clear and still feel a tug remembering that those droppers of letal meds were first introduced into my dad’s mouth from my hand. I still don’t think I’d want him back in the shape he was in…maybe the man he was 15 years ago but that one was long gone.

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