LIFE ElderCare, Inc.
...your eldercare partner for life
Newsletter
Gift Of
Attention
Guardian
Angels
Love Lives
On
1999 Major
Donors
Time To
Offer Help?
Caring
For The Soul
A Senior
Moment
GUARDIAN
ANGELS
I love my mother
...but I just can't handle it anymore. And to make matters worse I feel
guilty about it. My mother was a loving, intelligent and giving person.
After surviving the depression and World War II, she and my father managed
to raise 3 children in a loving home. She supported us all. She lived
alone for a few years after my father died and then she was diagnosed
with Alzheimer's. Soon, it became apparent that she couldn't live alone
and I couldn't bring myself to place her in a facility, so she came to
live with us. Things were great in the beginning. I enjoyed caring for
my mother. It was my opportunity to give back to her, but now she gets
up in the middle of the night and insists on returning home. I don't get
enough sleep. I am always listening for her, and she refuses to let me
bathe her. She hasn't washed her hair in weeks, and she complains to my
friends that I am treating her poorly. I can't handle this behavior. Meanwhile,
I have my own children to take care of. I don't know what to do anymore!
Staff
Mary Anderson
Executive Director
Christine Curran
Volunteer & Administrative Coord.
Lorin Decena
Home Svcs. Reg. Coord.
Barbara Emge
Meals on Wheels Coord.
Evonne Phelps
Meals on Wheels Driver & Assistant
Bernie Thien
Friendly Visitors Coord.
Lori Vogel
IHSS Registry Asst.
Our
Mission
To be a source of independence, dignity and voice for the social and economic needs of disabled and frail senior citizens in the Tri-City Area of Fremont, Newark and Union city.
