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Archive for January, 2010

Dov:
When my father was living at home with a full time aid he would walk the halls in the middle of the night. Neighbors (there were eight apartments on the floor in a cooperative building in Queens, New York) would complain because he made noise etc.

We changed the lock on the door so that a key was needed to exit; that didn’t work because it upset him and could not be managed.

Eventually, he had to move to a nursing home where he was attended to by better trained staff, who know how to communicate better. With medication and a trained staff he was more social and his life was more fulfilled.

it has occurred to me that there is a large population in their 30s and 40s who are becoming sensitive to the new role their parents have as caregivers for their parents. This younger population is becoming educated in senior care concerns. Perhaps younger generations will be better prepared to assist their parents, the existing caregivers, as they age.

I contacted Linda Ellis on facebook regarding her poem “The Dash”; she is an author, speaker and poet, and she replied:

“Hi Marty, thank you for your post. I’m glad The Dash has helped you in some way. Please feel free to share the following link to the poem on your site for your visitors to read: http://www.lindaellis.net/Read_The_Dash.htm”

I recommend this to all who are caregivers, family etc. for someone who is elderly.