Had intended to send to list. Lew
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lew Hodgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] O/T: Star Nine (AKA: *9) Is Retired > "Norm of Bandersnatch" wrote: > >> Just this morning we set up a hospital style motorized bed supplied >> by >> Hospice for my Mom. >> >> We do all we can think of for her but she seems to be getting >> weaker all >> the time, eating less and loosing weight. >> >> She adamantly does not want to go to any facility. She has been >> fiercely >> independent all her life and I will do everything I can to keep it >> that way. > > Can totally relate to "independent". > > Mom was still living alone at 102. > > If mom hadn't broke her leg, I'm not sure if I ever would have been > able to get her into a facility. > > Hospice at home, when possible, is preferred to a facility, at least > that is what I'm told. > > Have a friend who mother took that route this past January. > > It worked out well. > > Take care. > > Lew > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
