Reply #19: Does your MIL have any health/mental health conditions of her own? [View All]

[foxfeet]

It's not uncommon for folks with Alzheimer's or other dementias to become clingy to one particular family member-- sometimes they lose memories of the other people in their lives. It is still very soon in the grief process to sort this out definitively. Others have given good advice. What does your wife want? Keep talking with her, because what she wants now may well change in the future. I would be concerned that she needs a break from caregiving, even if only a brief one. It would be helpful if her sisters (or other family members) could step in to provide respite care for her.