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Moving on

Moving on Feature Nancy Loud were all together again, at last, as a family. In the many good years that followed, my daughter grew up, went away to work, married and had a family of her own. My husband retired, and we enjoyed ten good years of This edition of Working with Older People happy and busy retirement. focuses on questions of ‘what next?’ for Them came the sad years, from 1979 to 1997. people whose accommodation and care needs My husband’s memory gradually deteriorated and I are changing. In this article, Nancy Loud cared for him at home in increasingly difficult describes the decision she may have to make circumstances. I finally had to give in and he was about where she should live and explains the transferred, firstly to a small local hospital and background to these dilemmas – issues that eventually to a private nursing home. We had some will be familiar to many. savings and were expected to pay costly nursing home fees. I realised the unfairness of a system that In June 1940 as a young bride, I came with my penalised thrifty patients. When the new National husband to live in this small country town http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

Moving on

Loud, Nancy
Working with Older People , Volume 7 (2): 2 – Jun 1, 2003
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Emerald Publishing
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1366-3666
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Feature Nancy Loud were all together again, at last, as a family. In the many good years that followed, my daughter grew up, went away to work, married and had a family of her own. My husband retired, and we enjoyed ten good years of This edition of Working with Older People happy and busy retirement. focuses on questions of ‘what next?’ for Them came the sad years, from 1979 to 1997. people whose accommodation and care needs My husband’s memory gradually deteriorated and I are changing. In this article, Nancy Loud cared for him at home in increasingly difficult describes the decision she may have to make circumstances. I finally had to give in and he was about where she should live and explains the transferred, firstly to a small local hospital and background to these dilemmas – issues that eventually to a private nursing home. We had some will be familiar to many. savings and were expected to pay costly nursing home fees. I realised the unfairness of a system that In June 1940 as a young bride, I came with my penalised thrifty patients. When the new National husband to live in this small country town

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Published: Jun 1, 2003

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