failing health
Example Sentences
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Not everyone who has dementia lacks testamentary capacity, but your relative’s failing health and cognitive issues certainly complicate matters.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
As owners aged or suffered failing health, many found they could no longer use the homes or afford the rising maintenance payments and wanted to dispose of them.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
Despite her failing health, her family accepted the invitation.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
Several weeks ago, age and failing health began to catch up with Hideg, and he bounced back and forth between a hospital and a nursing home.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
Not only might it alarm her, but our behavior could also alert school officials to her failing health.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
