I cared for my parents until they passed. What do I do to make sure I do NOT put my kids through that?

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I cared for my parents until they passed. What do I do to make sure I do NOT put my kids through that?

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My dad passed away this past December, after 6 months of progressively worse dementia. As I was making the decisions to maintain the antibiotics for pneumonia and sepsis, or discontinue them, I could only think how much worse the dementia would be when the infections were gone, if that, indeed, happened. I chose to discontinue all meds, except those for comfort. My dad looked so handsome lying there, but I knew, beneath that 91 year old countenance, the confused, anxious, frightened man who may wake up was not my dad and would not want to remembered that way. Dementia is just a horrible monster.

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So you all know. My husband's ancestors burial plots were moved from individual plots to one big grave. That idea totally turns me on to cremation. One really never knows where graves may go after many years. My father told me and my siblings that my grandfather purchased 6 graves right together. My brother told me that now there are only 5. What happened to the 6th plot? We will never know because at this point, none of us need to use them. Hopefully someday we will pursue.

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Cremation is good, Burial makes no sense to me at all, no matter what your religious beliefs are. If you believe in Resurrection then you need to know that God Promised us a N ew Body. The old one is no good even then.
I have arranged to donate my body to science. That takes care of everything. You have to do so ahead of time, you can't authorize someone to do that for you. Check with your State for the procedure.

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