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  • Title: esther
    Name:
    esther hackett
    Location:
    laurens
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Other
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    my name is Esther and I am caring for my mother,margaret, who is 84,and is very frial and is unable to care for herself. She has been this way before my dad died.

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  • Title: Norris
    Name:
    Norris Roberts
    Location:
    Saint Charles
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Other
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    Xulon Press recently introduced an important work from Dr. Norris Lee Roberts, Jr.

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  • Title: Dorothy
    Name:
    Dorothy Sellers-Branson
    Location:
    Louisville
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Dorothy and my Mothers name is Mary, known by the medical community as "Ms. Mary".

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  • Title: Jen
    Name:
    Jen Alverson
    Location:
    South Ogden
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Jen and I've been caring for my mother, Julie, for close to six years. I am currently 45 and my mother is 72.

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  • Title: Eleanor
    Name:
    Eleanor Greenslade
    Location:
    Kalamazoo
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Long Distance
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Eleanor, and I am 57 years old, and care for my elderly mother, Irene, who just turned 89 in December. She is living on her own in a senior apartment, ran by the Sisters of St. Joseph.

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  • Title: Joan C.
    Name:
    Joan C. Clay
    Location:
    Rochester
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    Joan C. Clay -My Story – February 2003 About 10 years ago, my life took a twist that was completely unexpected and life changing.

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  • Title: Judy
    Name:
    Judy Black
    Location:
    Portland
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    At age 62 I, Judy, became my mother Mildred's full-time caregiver. She was 89 at the time and mentally alert, but physically frail.

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  • Title: Rogelio
    Name:
    Rogelio Quinones
    Location:
    El Paso
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Other
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Rogelio or "Roger" Quinones, I am single now,age 63, male (I feel great or of having completed my special mission to my dear family!) I was the caregiver for about 12+ years for my dear

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  • Title: Harriet M.
    Name:
    Harriet M. Epstein
    Location:
    Vienna
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Other
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Harriet. I am retired after a 20-year career in the aging field including 16 years at an Area Agency on Aging.

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  • Title: michele
    Name:
    michele ortiz
    Location:
    springfield
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Long Distance
    Primary Illness:
    Frail/Elderly
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Michele. I am 30 years old, married with 2 children, 5 and 2 years of age. My mother's name is Faye. She is 73. After my dad passed away, she lost his pension.

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