Ask Amy: Family estrangement continues to the end
Dear Amy: Your advice to a daughter to help take care of her dad with dementia was spot on. Our families helped take care and guide our parents on both sides off the family.
People don't die in an orderly fashion. Sometimes an organ gives up the ghost while the mind is spared and sometimes the mind starts to die off, while the body is fine.
My saddest moment was when my father was told that there was nothing they could do other than to keep him comfortable. We brought him home and he died in our living room while visiting with a grandchild.
Now our kids are taking care of us, which they learned from us.
— Loving Daughter and Mom
Dear Loving: This is how the circle goes ‘round.
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(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
