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How do we start?  · How do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?  · Is it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone, as they disappear into dementia?  · Should Dad be driving, and if not, who can stop him?  · What are the secrets of the best care homes?  · When does fierce independence become bad behaviour?  · How do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?  · And who decides what happens when we become ill?   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