Monday, October 15, 2007

Winners

Mrs. T. said to me the other day, as we were talking about her maybe moving to an assisted living facility, "Living in my own home, I feel like I am winning."

To me, this underscored so much about what it means to move into any kind of seniors housing--what it can do to self image, about grief and loss, about how we approach the subject with older people, and about respecting their values.

So if you want to figure out how to measure the success or failure of a transition, ask the older person if by moving, they feel like they have won.

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