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Noonenowhere44
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What happens to C.recipient when C.giver dies?
Family & Caregivers / by Noonenowhere44
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 August 31st, 2022
...See more I became my mothers caregiver overnight in May 2021 when she had a series of major health events including ruptured thoracic aneurysm, stroke & complete vocal chord paralysis (meaning unable to eat, drink or speak). I immediately took over everything in her life, her financial affairs, property, medical decisions, housing, care, etc. In the year plus since then she has come a very long way in recovery. But she will never read again or be able to pay bills or cook or drive or medicate herself or use a computer, tablet, smartphone or microwave or know what day it is or make any of her own arrangements for anything. She has zero working memory and very little short term memory. Neurological damage took away her ability to read. I have a sibling with advanced mental health disorder, advanced substance abuse issues and legal issues. He would be unable to take over for me if I became unable to handle these duties for my mom. Does anyone know what would happen to my mom if I were to die or become otherwise incapacitated? Are there arrangements I could make for this? I recently lost a friend in a fatal car accident just out of the blue. Here & young & full of life one second and gone the next. It has made me think - this could happen to me, or I could get a fatal disease or all sorts of things could happen. What then of my mom?
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