Private Duty Caring Stories

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A Daughter's Courageous Journey

Kathy began to notice that her mother, Geraldine, had increasing trouble solving problems as she cared for her ill husband. After the death of her father, Kathy’s mother became increasingly confused and was eventually diagnosed with probable Alzheimer’s.

When There’s No Place Like Home

Susan Heintzelman awoke one early Christmas Eve morning to a beautiful, starlight sky. While retrieving the morning paper, this active woman who “never falls” tumbled down a flight of stairs. She lay with both legs crumpled beneath her on the cold pavement.