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Several things here:
I am sincerely sorry for you and your mother. It exists supports groups you may want to make contact with them.
A patient that is well informed and has all his/her cognitive abilities is the only one to judge if he/she wants to follow a treatment and how.
This is actually the Law.
Secondly, you appear to believe that her disease may be ...
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When your mother says she is tired, she doesn't mean how most people use the word after a day's work. She means something like showering and getting dressed will wipe her out for the rest of the day. She is probably making a lot more effort than you realize in making her appointments. Also, you should realize that doctors don't always move as fast as you ...
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There's probably nothing you can do from so far away. I'm sorry. I know that is such a terrible thing to hear, but as long as your mother or father maintains autonomy over her medical treatment your only option really is to try and convince them of better options, like you asked about.
Unfortunately, convincing an irrational person to listen to rational ...
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To clarify the analytical evaluation presented in this answer, I will introduce a summary of the main points, followed by my answer, to show that you can help by respecting your parents' intelligence; you present no indication of age-related mental decline.
You appear to believe, based on your mother's denial of the moon-landing in 1969, that your parents ...
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