DEAR ERIC: We are a group of women who have been meeting weekly to play cards for the last several years. During the last year or so, one of our players has become increasingly cognitively impaired. As a result, we have to slow down play or correct her. This is problematic for the rest of the players.

We would like to ask her to stop playing with us, but we don’t know how to do so without hurting her feelings. We don’t want to be mean, but we also feel she is having a negative impact on the games.

Any advice on how we can handle this problem would be appreciated.

– Game Play

DEAR PLAY: It sounds like your friend is going through a scary and confusing time and could use some support. Instead of asking her to leave, it’d be more loving to figure out a new way that this group can interact

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