 | Momma Wants to Die
Monday, October 20, 2008 | I just answered a rather desperate email from a baby boomer whose ninety year old mother must be placed in a care facility. The mother suffered a broken hip in a fall and cannot walk alone even with a walker. She cannot dress herself, or do any of the other task necessary to living in her own home. . . Read More
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| | When?
Thursday, August 07, 2008 | I met her in a casual conversation as we waited for hair cuts. Her husband is ninety years old and has dementia. She realizes the day will come when she can no longer take care of him in the home. She even realizes that day actually came a few years ago . . . Read More
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| | When a Mate Needs Care
Monday, July 07, 2008 | Somewhere in Tennessee I watched a man meticulously clean the teeth of his comatose wife. The staff told me he did that for hours each day and had almost worn her teeth away with the cleaning. They thought it was a senseless act of a demented old man. I thought it was a beautiful scene of a man who had cared for his wife so long he had no idea how to stop . . . Read More
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| | She Can't Give Up Yet
Monday, June 16, 2008 | Her husband must leave the hospital, and there is no way she can care for him at home. She has been the caregiver in the home for a few years since he first became ill, and then he fainted and fell. After some time in the hospital he was transferred... Read More
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| | Realistic Expectations
Thursday, May 08, 2008 | I was in for a shock when I began my experiences with care facilities. I thought they were miniature hospitals with nurses in track shoes just waiting for a call button to ring so they could run to the room and take care of my loved ones every need... Read More
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| | The Sandwich Generation
Monday, April 07, 2008 | My parents married much later in life than I did. The depression meant people married when and if they found a way to make a living. My father was thirty-two when I was born. He was fifty-three when I married. This means it works out for my generation that just about the time our children leave for college we begin facing the care of our parents...
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