Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1990 Page: 8 of 11
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AUGUST 24, 1990, HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD-Dell Valley Review, PAGE 9
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AGING: IT’S AN OLD, OLD PROBLEM
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Dr. Walker is Medical Director of HCA Hill Country Hospital
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contact John I. Walker, M. D. & Associates at 512/629-7303.
People who have no strong desires
in life usually end up receiving
very little. Desire is a motivator,
ft sets into motion the forces in
ourself that start us on the road
to fulfillment. We have to be
able to clearly define our desires.
Often we are like a child who
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John Ingram Walker, M.D.
When a friend recently pulled a tendon on the tennis court and was
temporarily incapacitated, he began to brood about how it would be
to spend the rest of his days so restricted. "Just shoot me, and put
me out of my misery, " he said, joking. But there was a dark cloud
behind the twinkle in his eye.
Anyone who has been young and able-bodied knows the fear—loss
of function, loss of independence, perhaps even loss of awareness,
having to be "cared for" or "looked after. " But the painful truth is,
given improved medical techniques for extending life, most of us
will reach that point at which we need someone to provide care
for us.
A July 16, 1990, article in Newsweek takes a look at the problems
of today’s caregivers. They are mostly women--women who spend
an average of 17 years, according to the article, raising children
and 18 years helping aging parents, often simultaneously, and while
they are holding full-time jobs. Ginger Rogers, dancing backwards
and forwards, as fast as she can.
Doctors and counselors know how heavy and painful the commit-
ment to caring for others can become. As the article points out,
too many break under the strain.
But women have traditionally been caregivers, some will say. Yes,
women have also traditionally stayed at home, a fact which no
longer bears up in practice. Tradition, like the weight at the end
of the clock’s chain, holds things firmly in place. But the weight
moves slowly as the clock ticks on. Tradition must shift its position
as the realities of our world change.
How can we relieve this burden? Where can we look for some
practical solutions to the pressing need for caring for an aging
population?
THE COMMUNITY: As the Newsweek article suggests, a variety
of services is available to help the elderly at home: Home Health
Services, Adult Day Care, Meals on Wheels and Emergency
Response Systems are examples. For those having trouble locating
resources The National Association of Private Geriatric Care
Managers (513-222-2621) provides free referrals nationwide.
THE COMPANY: In a survey of 7, 000 federal workers, nearly
half said they cared for dependent adults. Of those, three quarters
had missed some work. A few forward looking companies have
instituted programs--education and benefit packages—to give
employees information and support. The Stride Rite Corporation
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, made a bold move recently when it
opened an intergene rational day-care center where children and
the elderly share time and space together at a facility providing
separate wings for each group, and a common area in between.
OURSELVES: We are likely to grow feeble waiting around for the
government or the corporations to solve our aging problems. Here
are some things we can do to help ourselves:
. Become familiar with services available in the community.
Support the best of those services with your time, your money and
your votes, whenever possible.
. Plan ahead. Expect that the time will come when the child
must "parent" the parent and prepare for it. Talk honestly with
your children and your parents about this. Make some advance
decisions and preparations. Consider living wills. Have family
conferences where mutual decisions are made concerning living
arrangements, finances, and how care can be shared equitably
among siblings.
. Take responsibility. We must all—men, women, children,
grandchildren—begin to think and practice acts of nurturing ourselves
and others. The problems of aging are everyone’s responsibility.
An interesting lady I once knew advised me to develop interests in
my youth that would help me face old age, so that I would be
neither bored, nor boring.
. Maintain reasonable expectations. Showing love and respect
for parents is a constant in human morality. But devotion doesn’t
mean martyrdom. Sometimes hard decisions must be made,
decisions which bring additional stress to the caregiver. Showing
love and honor to our parents, does not mean that we should dishonor
ourselves through physical, financial or emotional excess.
“Yeah this is called short grass country,
but not by choice!”
says, "I am hungry, but I do not
know what I want to eat. " The
wise person desires that which
will not harm others, but will
raise the quality of his own life.
Desire is a natural element in
a happy life.
William L. Fischer
Unity Village, Missouri 64065
EMOTIONS
NOTICE OF VOTE ON TAX RATE
a proposal to increase your property taxes by .07
_______. percent on
The Fort Hancock ISD
August 27, 1990
A public meeting to vote on the tax rate will be held on August 30, 1990
6:30 PM at Fort Hancock ISD_________
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