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Dying with dignity with dementia

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imageA younger Simon Chapman with his dad, Alec Chapman.Author provided.

My father Alec, who died peacefully at 89 in his sleep, had dementia and lived in a nursing home for the last seven years of his life.

After Mum died, he lived alone in their Mittagong home for about a decade, but as he moved into his 80s, we noticed that many ordinary tasks were...

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The off-topic Conversation #77

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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