I’m sorry, that’s rough.
But if they are already paying for 24 hour nursing at home, maybe they could hire people who care for her, too? My mother died at home, in the care of a paid assistant. That was her choice. She liked being at home. And i think it helped her hang on to a few marbles longer than she otherwise would have.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you can get FIL and MIL all the care they need. 
That option is on the cards as well. Been looking more closely at their insurance coverage.
FIL does have LTC insurance (have to admit I was amazed at this because its so rare to find it these days in western countries) so we’re going to see if we can use that avenue to reduce their costs a bit by combining this with the existing 24/7 nursing care. This could potentially work but will take time to get organised.
While I can understand MIL wanting to stay home with FIL, the later stages of dementia can be hugely damaging for carers & family members. You have to absorb a lot during those final years and that takes a huge toll on your health (physical and mental). I have a coworker who went through this with their father and it almost broke him.
Been there, done that. 
Sorry to hear that. 
I hope your wife has supportive siblings.
That’s a lot to deal with.
Another friend’s mom passed away recently at 93. Funeral is later this week.
Too many funerals this year… 
Hello grief, my old friend
Cousin’s husband passed away from a heart attack. Funeral is next week.
At my grandson’s school, Friday after school, kids were playing in the school field, parents letting them enjoy before heading home.
A tree split in half, catching one pre-k girl pretty solidly. She was unconscious, now is responding, but it was very scary. My daughter very shook up, thankfully, i don’t think the kids recognized how serious it was.
Neurologically, the child is doing well
Her only complaint is hip pain - assuming nothing broken or it would have been reported that way
not as good as I hoped
fractured pelvis, fractured skull, brain bleed
Word is at least four families have complained about the tree in the last year
My grandson has expressed concern with what happened with the tree, but not articulating well - why
Does he know someone was hurt? Does he feel bad about the tree? Did it scare him? Did the reactions scare him?
In other “sad thoughts news”:
My MIL’s breast cancer has now been found to have metastasized to the lung and brain.
Note to female GOA readers:
Never, ever skip an annual check-up for breast cancer after 40.
My MIL did so due to the Pandemic environment and she is now paying a heavy price for doing so.
Sorry to hear about the girl.
It can be extremely difficult for a child to put feelings he has never felt before into words. Even the emotions can come out mixed up.
Neighbor passed away yesterday..again. Her husband passed away just before Thanksgiving. He was mid 70s and in poor health, had a bad heart. she was 7 or 8 years younger but apparently started drinking again. Had multiple aneurysms and passed away in hospital. Guess she couldn’t live without him.
Friend who had the stroke is now in an assisted living facility. She is regaining some use of her left leg, but the left hand is still out of action. It’s going to be a while before she can go back home.
She is the youngest resident in the whole joint!
We had two extended family deaths right before Christmas. I am most sad for those closer family members, as both lost their mothers.
Neither death was unexpected, but still mist be hard.
My aunt died Christmas Eve. My cousin called to tell me Christmas Day. It wasn’t expected, but she was 89 and failing in many ways, so it wasn’t a huge surprise. The proximate cause of death was that on a day when she was very lucid, she heard the doctor explaining the treatment options (for a cascade of stuff brought on by a fall) to my cousin. She asked the doctor to explain to her what was happening, and what they were. He did, and my aunt replied, “i don’t want any of that. I’m 89. I’m done.” So they moved her to hospice and she died a few days later.
It’s been three bad Christmases in a row.
Last year, i learned that my son’s spouse was leaving him. We were expecting them both to come over. He arrived alone, and in tears.
The year before that my mom had covid, which killed her early in the new year.
My husband’s grandmother passed away overnight. She was in her 80’s and had Alzheimer’s, and my MIL had been keeping her alive against her wishes for the last three years (she stopped eating then). It’s sad, but also a relief. There will be no service.