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My wife of fifty years wont be coming home

My partner has had a progressive dementia for some years now, and it isnt the vacant eyes, smiling at everything type. Its the nasty Scottish Glasgow fishwife, who flies off the handle at nothing type. Until now I have managed her, with a little help from my long suffering daughter (Why is it a mother always dotes on the son, when the daughter puts in all the effort?)
Anyway. My wife had to enter hospital for surgery on a hernia she has had for a long time, but ignored. And the successful surgery meant a stay in hospital that has exposed the worst in her, which we have been covering. Full details will not be given here. But she is being "managed" until she is healed enough to be transfered to a home with secure dementia care. I can no longer look after and be safe myself..
And the most horrible part of this is the relief I feel..Its a really $h*tty way for a wonderful partnership to end..😞
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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
I am so sorry this has happened, but I guess it's for the best. My wife is suffering from dementia and it's progressing rapidly, much more rapidly than the neurologist expected. We've been together 45 years and the thought that some day she will have to go into care is scary an d sad, but at the same time I know it will be for the best. I just don't want it to happen at a time when she'll feel betrayed, that we want her away from home. Even with her still here at home, some times the loneliness is overwhelming as she can no longer interact on any significant level.