hiya,
my dad has been diagnosed with 1 to three months to live, and my mum is in denial. She is trying to stop the medications, refusing a handrail and gets aggressive when I’m trying to make changes. She’s refusing a hospital bed and a chair.
I’m trying to not push too hard, but my dad is very depressed and I think if things were easier for him it might give him a better quality of life?
Im struggling to have conversations with them about what would help, and what’s to come?
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