CaptJCool
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The key seems to be mental competence as the rest can be bought.
Cognitive decline is likely difficult to manage when you are the subject.
Having someone dress me, clean me, feed me while someone else plays with my money seems a fate little better than death
Having seen a male friend decline into immobility rather rapidly and still of very sound mind was despairing. And he had a good social network but once he accepted that he need “sell the house” he passed quickly
Then my fathers decline
Mild cognitive impairment means “slow recall” like can recognise famous figures
Dementia means “no recall” don’t even remember any of them and family members too
Parkinson’s is treatable as it’s the loss of the dopamine production that can be replaced through medication which stops the shaking and stabilises the living
The other issue for men in their 80s is many have no idea about meal preparation aside BBQs because they had a partner to do all that…