Good News

Yesterday, we were scheduled to participate in a 4:00 p.m. teleconference with Susan, Robyn, my mother, my stepfather, their physician, their case worker, their nurse and other nursing home staff. Just after we returned home after lunch, Susan called and told us that we wouldn´t be needed as my mother and stepfather were moving into assisted living. In the short time my stepfather has been at the nursing home, he has improved tremendously. My mother is fine, despite the fact that she is paralyzed on one side. In fact, her penmanship, taught her by a relentless nun, continues to be better than mine. In truth, neither of them liked being in the nursing home, except for the fact that Susan, Robyn and our two Texas grandsons could visit them on a regular basis. When they decided that they could move to assisted living, they were delighted. It seems that Bill´s federal pension, their Social Security and mother´s teachers retirement (she was a school nurse for a short time) will be more than enough to cover the cost of assisted living, especially since they will also qualify for almost $2,000 in veteran´s assistance.