How much should the elderly MSA patient betold

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All - Thanks you for the information and encouragement. Being relatively new to MSA, I have countless questions and will try not to make a pest of myself. However, the most pressing question at this time is whether or not to tell my dad, who is 75, that he has MSA. He's been in a nursing home for about two weeks and is undergoing therapy. Our hope would be to bring him at some point, but don't know if that will happen - his doctor doesn't think so. Anyway, he is in reasonable good spirits most of the time and we don't want to depress him - he does have some dementia, but is alert about 75% of the time. He is immobile and today had to be placed on oxygen for most of the day, and had a catheter put in as he is no longer able to urinate. Knowing that the decision is ultimately my moms, we would appreciate some opinions as to whether or not to tell him the seriousness of his condition.

Thanks

Barb S. in land