• 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 The Jewish News. (248) 661-6625 Cinderella's Castle presents C.W. 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