> It's painful to say, but after he died the relief my family felt from not having to fight every "care provider" constantly for every single minor thing was palpable.
It's awful to even think about it, let alone articulate it, but, that year was terribly difficult on me and even worse for my mother. My grandfather was a proud man and having people need to help him with every aspect of daily living (I'll leave the details to what I suspect is not your imagination) was undignified. By the time he passed it was obvious there was no quality of life left and death was a mercy. It doesn't have to only be a mercy for the patient.
It's awful to even think about it, let alone articulate it, but, that year was terribly difficult on me and even worse for my mother. My grandfather was a proud man and having people need to help him with every aspect of daily living (I'll leave the details to what I suspect is not your imagination) was undignified. By the time he passed it was obvious there was no quality of life left and death was a mercy. It doesn't have to only be a mercy for the patient.