Tuesday, May 24, 2011

NYT Story About Caregiver's Clever Ways of Keeping Elderly Mother Off Roads

My Solution to the Driving Problem: Vandalism

By IRENE WIELAWSKI

Sneaking into my mother’s garage to disable the engine of her 1997 Honda Accord was not something I ever imagined doing in my role as daughter and caregiver of a parent in failing health.

I was prepared to help with medical appointments, groceries, finances and social and personal needs, and in myriad other ways to walk alongside my mother as she coped with a deteriorating body and a mind weakened by dementia.

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