Tuesday, August 5, 2014

No such thing as perfect care.

My Alzheimer-riddled friend Ron may have wandered away once too often. Possibly for the last time. He’s in a hospital. In intensive care. With a broken neck. He was found. On a road. A mile from his home. Apparently having fallen. Ron liked to walk. Often. With me. He was in no condition to walk alone.  Unfortunately, that didn’t stop Ron from sneaking away. When  he wasn’t being watched.  And that happened. On Tuesday.  Yes, another sad turn of events.  Seems almost inevitable. Because there is no such thing as perfect care in the Alzheimer realm. Maybe examples of half-way decent care. But nobody has yet figured out how to protect the Alzheimer-afflicted from themselves. –Jim Broede

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