— I’m sorry to hear about your father.
I hope he died peacefully .
— Emm , he knew it was coming,and he had a good life .
He’d been sick for about a year .
Luckily ,there wasn’t much pain .
— So how is your mother ?
— She isn’t taking at(?) well .
Even though she knew it was coming ,she has a hard time without him .
She says the house seems so empty and she feels useless.
( He died after a longillness .
She’s having a hard time because she feels useless.)
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— I can imagine .
Does she have many friends ?
— She has a few ,but she’s never been very social .
Maybe she’ll get out a bit more now , but I don’t think it’s very likely .
She’s also beginning to lose her memory .
— Oh, that’s too bad .
My mom is losing her memory too .
Sometime she doesn’t know who I am .
She mixes me up with my sister .
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— Does she live by herself ?
— She did until about a yearago .
Then we had her come and stay with us .
— How was that working out ?
— It was OK at first ,but now with her memory problems ,it isn’t working .
Were you thinking about putting her into a senior living community ?
It’s expensive ,but it canprovide her with the support she needs .
Senior communities generally provide meals and medical support.
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— We may have to do that too .
My husband and my mother don’t get along at all .
He can’t relax when she is around .
When I mention it to him ,he said he would consider it ,but only agereed for a very short time.
— Well ,I’m sorry you have to deal with it .
It doesn’t seem like there are any good choices .
— Emm ,I’m afraid that’s right .
We are getting older too .
This is another reminder of more .
We are no longer children ,so now it’s our term to take care of our parents .
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— The way I see it ,it’s remindit for us to enjoy life while we can .
If you like ,I can send you information about some Senior communities .
— Please do ,we need to start making plans .
— There are waiting lists to get into some of them ,so you shouldn’t wait to a fie(?).
(She’s never been very social,so it’s unlikely that she will go out to meet new friends.)
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