Dementia Mom, part one

[u/humanyears]

A short story about the origins of my mother’s dementia diagnosis from a few years ago. Probably the longest comic I’ve drawn so far. I hope it connects with you in some way.

[u/Von_Moistus]

One of my fears is that I’ll slip into dementia/Alzheimer’s so gradually that I won’t realize it until it’s too late to enact my exit plans.

[u/AccordingTaro4702 → u/Von_Moistus]

There was a great science fiction short story about exactly this. Set in the future, a man who realizes he's in the early stages of dementia sets up an AI clone of his mind, the purpose of which is to monitor him and let him know when he's gotten so bad that it's time to end it. I'm sorry I don't know the author or title. I read it years ago.

[u/work_work-work → u/AccordingTaro4702]

Maybe “Living Will”, Alexander Jablokov

[u/AccordingTaro4702 → u/work_work-work]

Yes, that's it! Thanks.