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My dad passed away with dementia in 2019, spent a lot of time in nursing homes and also making decisions about the care of my father. I actually got to see this first hand with his caregivers in his facility. The requests to put him on different drugs required me to do a lot of research, validation and getting out of pocket advice from a medical professional that wasn't associated with the care facilities.

As someone that has gone through this, there is a fine line to walk between doctors operating under their Hippocratic oath, caregivers, and patient wishes. My dad was prescribed meds that weren't helping his quality of life and had really bad side effects mentally and physically through the the mid-stages of dementia.