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Old 03-13-2010, 08:19 AM   #79
greybeard
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Default Re: Fear Mongering. Get off it.

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Originally Posted by Shikasta View Post
Thanks Chris...

All too many of us 'baby boomers' are becoming familiar with the reality of the lyrics in that Tom Rush. I laughed but with an undercurrent of discomfort and remembrance of those I meet for whom memory loss is oh so real.

Now where was I.....? hmmm.... oh well....
I had a ran a residential home for the elderly for ten years and honestly those who actually had memory loss, even profound loss, coped very well. They were actually very peacfull on the whole. It was the relatives who had the problem, their elder was quite literally not there.

Life is as it is.

Regards Chris
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