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Boots7730
Asked May 2022
Mildly demented spouse refuses to see a doctor of any kind for ongoing care or assessment, including in-home care. What to do?
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Countrymouse
May 2022
What sort of in-home care, and why is this only the one spouse's decision? What's stopping the other spouse accepting/hiring it?
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Daughterof1930
May 2022
The choices become 1) waiting for an event to happen that forces change, and it will happen, or 2) making your help conditional on him/her having a medical evaluation
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