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Elder-caregivers

Staph

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1. Thank you so much for writing this up.

Reply to ginnyinWI (Original post)

Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:50 AM

Aug 2016

I'm the caregiver for my 92-year-old mother. I worry so about what to do, how to deal with her new health issues (and it's something new every day!).

Your experience reminds me to enjoy her while she is still here. Make her happy, and the rest is (relatively) unimportant.

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Too late for me, but I have a few thoughts. [View all] ginnyinWI Aug 2016 OP

Thank you so much for writing this up. Staph Aug 2016 #1

Best wishes to you, thank you for writing this up. uppityperson Aug 2016 #2

The medical system just keeps chugging along. ginnyinWI Aug 2016 #3