• Are you battling with your
child over food?
OPINION
• Is your child sneaking food?
day before my mother's 29-inch TV
ad been stolen from her apartment.
My son was notified and requested
to speak to the executive director.
She did not return his call. He had
to call her, as I did first thing Mon-
day morning when she arrived at
work.
What I expected to hear from her
was that they were investigating and
that she was sorry that this had hap-
ened. However, to my shock and
surprise, her response was, "It's not
my responsibility." Gathering my
composure, I proceeded to question
the security there and who was the
person that was responsible. She
informed me that she thought she
knew who had taken it. My immedi-
ate comment was, "Did you call and
ell the police?" Her response, "It's
not my responsibility."
Three days later, my mother's fur
coat was missing and the following
day, the necklace that she had worn
for 30 years, bought for her by my
father, had been taken off her neck.
My mother was violated.
My phone calls to the executive
director were never returned. I sent a
etter; no response. I telephoned,
wrote letters and sent faxes to the
people who own the property. No
response.
I spoke with people who had par-
ents in the same building. Very often
their responses were, "It's the same in
all of these facilities." Does that
make it acceptable? Should the chil-
dren of the elderly accept this lack of
security and concern for their par-
ents as tolerable?
If no one listens to our parents,
then we, their children, must be
their voices, their protectors, their
advocates. My mother's question
remains valid: "Where are the chil-
dren?"
I never thought that I would have
to put my mother in a nursing
home. I always thought that with the
proper care, concern and vigilance,
she would remain where she had
been for the past eight years. I had
no choice; I feared for her safety. It
has been one of the most heartbreak-
ing experiences, observing her steady
decline since I moved her there. She
has given up the will to live, and is
now but a shell of the intelligent,
vital woman who appointed herself
the advocate for all of the elderly she
knew that had no other voice but
hers.
With modern medicine keeping
people alive into their hundreds,
more and more of the elderly will be
warehoused." We must not allow
this to continue. What kind of an
example does this set for our chil-
dren and grandchildren?
Remember, it is our turn next. ❑
• Is your child gaining too
much weight?
• Do weight problems
run in your family?
CCWM
Center
for Childhood
Weight Management
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