You're kidding! I'm in Ontario - but George's mom lived in a place in Orange. I don't remember the name right now. They were not originally an assisted living facility but they were headed that direction when Mom left -- she moved to be closer to George's sister.
One of the things I forgot last night - they had monthly newsletter and each one featured an interview with one of the residents about their life story. Although we spent a lot of time with Mom talking about her family history, she shared things in the interview that she never told us and it's now part of George's family history book.
I always thought I would love to do an oral history project at one of these places. People in that age group lived through such dramatic times and they all have such different, interesting stories to share. Who knows... you might be able to get a high school American history class to take something like that on as a project.
I just read a fiction book about woman who thought she became figuratively invisible when she slipped from middle age to old age -- because younger people tend to write off the older ones. What a waste of a valuable resource!
Where are you interviewing? |