 | When A Loved One Should No Longer Drive
Friday, June 11, 2010 | He is eighty-four and has been in rather remarkable shape all of his life. For the last several years, he has been the primary caregiver for his wife who is the victim of Alzheimer’s. They live on a small farm and his great love has been a rather large garden, actually... Read More
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| | Keeping the Mind Alive
Monday, October 05, 2009 | I have a dear friend who is in his eighties but does not know it. His mind is as sharp as it was the first time I met him forty years ago, and that is very sharp indeed. He has been active in national organizations, on the board of directors of several... Read More
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| | Prepared for Care
Monday, January 01, 0001 | My friend is 81, his wife has severe mental problems that make her moods totally unpredictable and makes her very difficult to handle. Last week he moved her back home from the care facility where she had lived for the past few years. He did so because he can no longer afford . . . Read More
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| | Preparing to Grow Old
Monday, January 01, 0001 | When I was in my forties, I spent a week working with a man who was as old then as I am now. One day he said almost in passing, "Doug, if you don't die young, you are going to grow old." He repeated that statement several times during the week. I thought . . . Read More
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| | Finishing Well
Monday, January 01, 0001 | I am convinced that grumpy slips up on us just like getting old does. We grow more and more negative but it seems like we are just being realistic and that things really are worse than they were just a few years ago. We have no way of knowing if moral values have disappeared or if . . . Read More
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| | Don't Blow it at the End
Monday, January 01, 0001 | I am watching a dear friend blow it at the end. He has had a wonderful relationship with his four daughters all of their lives. Matter of fact, I would call it a remarkable relationship in almost every way. He has had great fun with his grandchildren as well. He has the means and the desire . . . Read More
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| | Knowing When to Quit Driving
Monday, January 01, 0001 | For the last few years, I have joked that I cannot see to read, cannot recognized even close friends, have a hard time watching television, but thank God I can still drive my car. I am looking for a white cane that will fit on the front bumper . . . Read More
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| | I Don't Want to Leave My Friends
Monday, January 01, 0001 | Moving to a strange city to be near our children is not easy and is not done without some great losses and pain. My Father and mother moved to be near us when they were my current age of 76. Mother made the transition much easier than my Father, or at least she made it much quieter than he did. . . Read More
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| | Preparing to Be Cared For
Monday, January 01, 0001 | Most of the time these blogs are aimed at families who are trying to either prepare for the care of one of us aging parents or who are trying to live through the process of caring for one of us aging parents. We don’t spend much time on the other side of the fence... Read More
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