Realizing that it’s long-term is tough and sometimes Rachel wonders where the end is.
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To watch someone fade away over 20 years is really exhausting and can be…obviously it’s more difficult on the caregiver because you realize that that caregiving is long-term, and you have to deal with that for an extremely long amount of time. So, it’s really hard and sometimes you wonder where the end is, which can be difficult.
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