Widow Cares For Crippled Veteran At Home Despite Struggles
A widow recounts daily care for her World War I veteran husband, bedridden after eight strokes. She shaves him, prepares meals, and visits often, while noting chronic staff shortages at nursing homes. A nearby Marion VA project promises a 60 bed facility by 1984, but she remains near, to visit.
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Costello
Veterans’ Nursing Home
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Congress
Veterans’ Administration Medical Center
Marion
Home health care helps Thelma stay at home amid cancer
Thelma, bedridden with bone cancer since 1978, avoids a nursing home by using TIP of Illinois Health Service home health care. Debbie, a young caregiver, and nurse Betty Connell assist weekly, enabling Thelma to remain in her home despite medical needs. TIP serves multiple counties, funding largely through Medicare, with rising demand and no waiting list.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Thelma
Debbie
TIP of Illinois Health Service Inc
Betty Connell
Hie
Mrs. Connell
New
Reagan
Graying of Southern Illinois highlights aging issues
Cathy A. Monroe, 26, wrote a Living section series based on interviews with dozens of elderly residents in their homes, caregivers, and aging experts across Franklin Williamson Marion counties. Photographer Jerry Lower, 24, earned multiple state and national awards for his work.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Chester
Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Franklin County
Williamson County
Marion
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
St. Louis
Jerry Lower
Parkland Comunity College
Champaign
Lower
Ibana Morning Courier
Quiet Elderwise caretakers keep Carbondale adults company
The Elderwise Adult Day Care at Carbondale Senior Citizens Center hosts 40 to 45 residents over 60 who seek a day away from home. Participants spend 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday with activities, meals, and personal care options while staff encourage independence.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinois
Nina Fears
Carbondale
Carbondale Senior Citizens Center
Michael Pass
Activity Coor
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Southern
TIP
Randolph County
Te Housing of the Aged
Carbondate
Elderwise
Elderwell
Gan
Anna
Sandusky
Kar
Nina
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