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    STAGGERING UNDER the Weight of It All

    Oct 27, 2020 5 minutes
    By Andrew Safer

    Your father who has dementia has to move out of his house and go into a home. First there’s the emotional toll, and then the practicalities: finding a suitable and affordable place, getting him oriented to moving, and then spending your evenings wading through 83 years of his life, deciding what to keep and what to throw out. You’re also in the middle of an online course you’re taking to qualify for a higher-paying position at work. You’re living on a budget without a hair’s breadth of wiggle room. You begin adding up the time you’ll have to take off work. The calculator in your head never stops.

    Your ongoing swirl of concerns, hopes, and fears creates a mental dust cloud, reminiscent of the one that followed

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