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Your father has advanced dementia, and caring for him at home is destroying your partner's mental health. Moving him to a substandard public nursing home will accelerate his decline due to lack of care.

APlace him in the home

You save your relationship and your mental health. Your father suffers a faster decline away from you.

BKeep him at home

You care for your father until the end. Your partner leaves you due to extreme burnout, and your personal life collapses.

Sealed 2026-08-31

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Place him in the home564 votesKeep him at home

What each choice meant

A · Place him in the home

You placed him in the home.

The Devoted Partner — You choose to protect the future of your own household over a bottomless pit of caregiving.

B · Keep him at home

You stayed with him.

The Dutiful Child — You do not abandon the one who gave you life, even if it means ruining your own.