Caring for our Aging Love Ones According to Thorson (2000), “By far, the greatest amount of the care that is given to older people is delivered by family members” (p.63). My mom at 82 years old was diagnosed March 2014 with Alzheimer and Dementia. Caring for a love one with this type of disease is no easy task. While the doctor explained to us about the extensive care our mother would need as the disease progress, mom just sat there quiet in a blank stare. I could only imagine how my mom felt hearing that her independence would be taken by Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. This disease destroys the ability to do some of the simple everyday tasks such as dressing, feeding, or taking a bath. Mom has always said, “When I get to the point that I can’t take care of myself I ask the Lord to take me”. She made it clear to us she did not want to be placed in a nursing home therefore; my siblings and I tried to work together a plan to taking care of our mom. In the …show more content…
This book showed how we can easily take the simple pleasures of life for granted. Morrie’s condition had gotten worse, but he did not allow it to rob him of the way he viewed living as oppose to dying. Additionally, this book taught me how to take control of a bad situation and not allow it to control me. Taking care of an aging love one is no easy task. My mom at 82 suffers with Alzheimer and Dementia two diseases that will control her mind over time and kills the body slowly. According to Albom (2007), “If you hold back on the emotions if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them you can never get to be detached, you’re too busy being afraid” (p.104). Morrie talked about detaching yourself from different emotions because everything is temporary. Once you allow yourself to go through your emotions, you can experience them completely. I’m literally trying to apply his detaching method in my own situation with my