[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: What do we hope for??
- From: "Maureen Murkland" <murk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:02:12 -0500
Sue,
You just brought back a flood of memories.......working in the nursing
home when I met Pete......and ALL my Grandmas and Grandpas...........had a
Grandma, 97, that was fit and NEEDED a fella.........wanted me to take her
to Camp Walters............another that would strip buck naked...........and
slip out the door to go to the store.............another that was 97 years
old and had birthed 17 children............and raised 4 of her sisters. She
was a full Cherokee Indian and grew up on the reservation. The storeis she
could tell. I sat with her the night she died. What a sweet beautiful
passing. Then there are all same people in the Nursing homes I visit with
the dogs.............same stories, different times. Mo
>I care for, or manage the care of, the "elderly" in our area - we have a
> couple of residents who are over 100 years old.. and some that are as
> young
> as 49 but unable to care for themselves. All are afflicted with some
> disease
> process that they will eventually die from. As that time draws near, I
> spend
> a great deal of time with families - I do not pity them, for they do not
> need my pity, but I show them compassion and help them find their way
> through the maze of decisions, paperwork, emotions, doubts and guilt.
> One question that always comes up is "Are we expected to just take away
> all
> hope?"
>
> I tell them that it has been my experience that as we move through life,
> we
> don't give up hope, we simply change what it is we hope for, and at this
> point in the "circle of life" (to coin a phrase)what we hope for is peace,
> comfort, love, respect and dignity as we move from this life to the next -
> and that our goal as nurses is to ensure that their loved one achieves all
> that.
>
> At this time, Robert and Donna deserve all that and more.
> Sue Madlung - Shadowacre Reg'd German Shepherds
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