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Tag Archives: Death
Morals, Ethics, and The Ultimate Choice
Choosing the manner of one’s death is not something we usually get to do. But Mom has. How? Why? What should we think about this? Continue reading
Posted in Living life at old age
Tagged Antibiotics, Bible, Caregiver, Catheter, Death, Doctor, God, Hospital, Medical, MOST, Nurse, Piedmont Place, Pop, Power of Attorney, Rehabilitation, Social Worker, Suicide
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2010: A look back — 010111
It’s New Year’s day, 2011; a fitting time for reflection on the year past. ElderBlog readers know that it was a big year for my parents. As in life, 2010 held expectancies and surprises; laughter and tears. Let’s take a … Continue reading
Posted in Living life at old age
Tagged Blood Pressure, Caregiver, Dance, Death, Dementia, Drinking, Falling, Funeral, Hospital, Medicaid, Moving, Music, Nashville, Parkinson's Disease, Pedicure, Piedmont Place, Stress, Surgery, Vulnerable adult, Walk, Writing
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It ain’t over till it’s over: Estate edition — 092310
I’ve said before that it isn’t easy to extricate someone from his earthly bindings. I’ll offer one example because it points out the extremes of this truth. Pop paid a nominal premium each month into a supplemental insurance policy. The … Continue reading
Posted in Living life at old age
Tagged Assisted Living, Death, Hospital, Insurance, Piedmont Place, Power of Attorney
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Parental update – 041210
When we learned that Piedmont Place would be moving Mom & Pop from their present accommodations, Lisa was sad. She felt that this was a step down for them. I fought that assessment opting instead for a “silver lining” approach … Continue reading
Posted in Living life at old age
Tagged Administrator, Assisted Living, Death, Lisa, Moving, Piedmont Place, Skilled Nursing Care, Walk
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Medical update – 032610
Pop started the day much improved. He got up, showered, shaved, dressed and ate breakfast. He spent most of the morning upright in his chair, though he did request lunch and dinner in his room fearing that walking to the … Continue reading
Posted in Living life at old age
Tagged Cognition, Death, Infection, Medical, Piedmont Place, Poop
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Perspective – 022510
I’ve spent a fair amount of time addressing the subject of death in this blog. But as many people as there are who die, there are an equal number who are born. I choose to use this space today to … Continue reading
Posted in Something Completely Different
Tagged Baby, Birth, Death, Giorgiana Karin, Lisa, Mike & Linnea
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