june edition-what di you do when the mother you love is no longer sound of mind?
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This article is about josephine, who received a call from her father, for help. Her mother had been suffering from alzheimer;s disease and her father had been mother's care giver for the past four years since her diagnose.

Josephine responded to her father by arriving in South Africa to help him. She saw that her father was worn out after the stress ,due to taking care of mother.

Mother's condition was serious. She could not remember or do anything by herseld except getting in and out of chairs, beds and baths. Father needs to pay attention to mother twentyfour-seven, in order to prevent mishaps. Once, father fell asleep and found mother , looking confused,defecating on the floor on the lounge-room floor.

Josephine decided that putting mother in the lodge was the only way to release father from stress. After a long time of hestitation , father accepted her decision. Josephine then sent father on a holiday while she prepared for the admission to the lodege, taking care of mother at the same time.Only for a week , she collapsed, looking at father from another point of view.

Mother felt discomfort fot the first few days at the lodge but with Josephine and father's constant visits she adapted to the lodge. Sadly mother's health deteriorated and became frail...

reflection.
Life is so unpredictable. Sometimes, it is filled with imperfect decisions that we have to make and choose from. I agree with josephine's decision of putting mother in the lodge.

Life has to go on for father and josephine even after mother fell sick. The world does not stop revolving! Putting mother in the lodge is the only way to release them from the stress of taking care of an elderly, struck with alzheimer's disease.Besides,there would be professionals taking care of mother at the lodge, taking care of her not only mentally and physically but medically as well.

Josephine's father is aged. Taking care of mother will cause his own health to deteriorate. It was already beyond his means to continue taking care of mother , showering her with constant attention,twentyfour-seven.

Humans are bound to age and bodies are bound to malfunction as time passes. i believe that the length of our lifes are not as important as how fruitful we live it. Josephine's mother lost her quality of life after being struck by alzheimer's disease, staying at home will only cause father to lose his as well

I believe that with their constant visits,showering mother with love and the constant care from the nurses at the lodge, mother's condition will improve.

done by: loh qiwen angeline(10)