Tag Archives: caregivers

July 18, 2017

Elderly Mothers and their Caregivers

I am back from my wanderings and my 98 year-old mother has not wandered off with her husband, Al, much as she might like to. He is still in Virginia and will not return until October if then. Or so he told my sister. There is little doubt now that Mom has reached the point […]

Elderly Mothers
November 1, 2015

Elderly Mothers and their Caregivers

It’s not that we don’t trust her to feed or care for herself. As Mom told my cousin in a phone conversation the other day with considerable vehemence, “I’ve been feeding myself for 96 years! I’m perfectly capable of taking care of myself!” True, she has and she is, but how do you tell someone […]

Elderly Mothers, General