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⌈ Secret Post #2742 ⌋

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Re: Would you rather see a family member deteriorate mentally or physically?

[(Anonymous)]

Having given end-of-life care to my grandparents, I can say that for the care-givers, physical deterioration was easier to deal with. He had a lot of pain, and issues, and needed a ton of help, but he was mentally all there, knew who we were and what was going on. This meant that he was co-oporative (well, aside from when, towards the end, he got so depressed about his life and the fact that his own wife frequently didn't know him that he would fight his care to try and make the end come faster; but I don't like to think about that).
Grandma, on the other hand, was (predominantly) physically fine, but was a mental disaster. From one hour to the next she was either completely there or thought she was 17 again. The problem was that this made her REALLY hard to take care of - she'd try to leave to "get to work" or "go home" and would sometimes simultaneously recognize her grandchildren AND be wary of the "strange man" in the house (my father, whom she'd known for 40 years).

So, yes, if I had had the chance to choose, I'd go for physical.
However, I can't deny the fact that, all things considered, my grandmother (despite being mostly crazy) seemed, overall, to be happier than he was. Then again, hey, that's just seemed from the outside. :/

Damn, that answer got way more depressing than I meant it to. Still, I guess it'd be expected from the question.