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
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
Matthews said that Ringgold died at her home in Englewood, N.J., and that she had been in failing health.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
In her mid-eighties, failing health brought an end to Corrie’s missionary journeys.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
