 | Get It In Writing
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 | Her story is a composite of hundreds I have heard and tried to unravel over the years. After her father died, they helped her mother buy a small house next door to theirs. Neither her sister nor her brother were involved in this transaction and no one objected to the deed. . . Read More
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| | Longer Lives - Longer Care
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 | I was roped into appearing on one of the Religious Television shows to talk about my book When Love Gets Tough: The Nursing Home Decision, I had no idea what I was getting into nor what position the evangelist in charge would take on the issues . . . Read More
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| | Who Gets Mother?
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | Nothing can bring a smoldering family squabble to the surface faster than having to make a decision about caring for an aging parent. A doctor referred a family to me a few weeks ago. The mother is 86 and has lived around and with her daughter and son-in-law for many years. This couple is facing a job change that will require their moving to a new city . . . Read More
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| | Mother Is Not Happy
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 | A deeply worried couple called to tell me how miserable the wife's mother seemed to be. They thought the problem was the nursing home, but could not put their finger on any one thing the mother did not like about the place...
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| | What Am I suppose To Feel?
Monday, June 09, 2008 | As soon as I finished my speech a woman said she was going to hug my neck and then tell me why she did it. She said, "My mother and my husband are here in this nursing home. Both have Alzheimer's...
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| | Why Mother Won't Move
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | The Scenario: Her husband died a few years ago. She lives alone in a small town with no family living nearby. There was a time when at least one of her children would still live in the area, but our society has become far too scattered for that to happen with any great regularity. She has one child living in a large city at least an hour away... Read More
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| | The Unblessed Child II
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | In our first session on this subject, we talked about how the unblessed child is most likely to become the primary caregiver to aging parents...
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| | The Unblessed Child I
Monday, February 18, 2008 | I remember a phone call from a most distraught woman telling how guilty her mother made her feel. After she had talked through a litany of harsh things her mother has said, times when she had been hurt... Read More
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| | When Explanations Fail
Sunday, February 17, 2008 | I spent quite a long time listening to a whole litany of complaints and anger coming from the mouth of one of the sweetest women I know...
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