tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709694636953135917.post8827764602456623967..comments2024-01-30T09:09:15.694-05:00Comments on Blog of an Ancient Gardener: Confidential: Brian & Lynn, Read ThisBob Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15640977102535139641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709694636953135917.post-45370472699213303192011-01-17T17:17:53.556-05:002011-01-17T17:17:53.556-05:00Thanks for posting your insights, Gladys. The way...Thanks for posting your insights, Gladys. The way I see it, seniors with good mental faculties should be able to work through such problems. I see the biggest problems as those involving seniors who are experiencing the decline and don't know it. Oh, if they could have planned ahead as you have, so their children or guardians have a map to follow. Thanks again.Bob Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640977102535139641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709694636953135917.post-83153726416381889042011-01-14T17:07:35.300-05:002011-01-14T17:07:35.300-05:00What a painful, sad story, Bob, and a wake up call...What a painful, sad story, Bob, and a wake up call for all who, a) are not being honest with themselves about a failure to cope with aging, and b) being secretive with children as they decline. <br />My father-in-law had two wrecks in one afternoon, and then his keys were taken away. It took a fight to do that though.<br /> <br />An incident with mentally declining folks happened when I was still working at a mega corporation located a mile off a major freeway. One moring a disoriented elderly couple was discovered in their car, sitting in our company parking lot. They'd driven from Memphis, TN to Birmingham, AL, took a right turn off the freeway, and another right,landing them in our parking lot. We fed them breakfast and called a son who lived in another state, a happy ending. The old folks' destination had been local to their own home, Memphis.<br /><br />Okay now, I am not so proud as to allow myself to decline and hide the facts. If my mental decline happens slowly, meaning I'm aware, instead of worrying my family senseless, I plan to check into an independent living community ASAP, and let family come visit me, instead of the other way around, and i'll be chauffered like a princess in their cars or van. A good plan.Gladys Hodge Sherrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126005622696904100noreply@blogger.com