Caring from a Distance (Essay Sample)

Caring from a Distance
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Caring from a Distance
To Connie and Becky,
The escalating poor health conditions of our mother mean that we need to take an action before things get out of hand. As we all know, our mother is slowly losing her vision. Her ability to walk is diminishing every day. Her age and health conditions do not allow her to do the things she used to do anymore. Living in the house alone is becoming torture to her. The possibilities of accidents and or occurrence of other adversities on her without us noticing are high. Dealing with these circumstances will be a hard task, considering we all live away from mother. I do not wish that our mother falls in the statistics of parents who have been abandoned by their children. I have contemplated the various options we can use to keep mother safe, and gave my recommendation for the one I think is the best.
Mother needs someone to take care of her. This will be irrespective of the final decision we make on the matter. She cannot perform most of her duties by herself, and as such she will need help. Her condition also makes it hard and risky to pace around the house performing different chores. The risk of falling and hurting herself is also high. Considering this, the first option would be to modify the house to enable mother to live comfortably. The stairs can be modified to make sure she cannot fall. Also, the house can be rearranged to make sure that the things she needs most are easily available. On top of the modification, mother will need an assistant in carrying out the basic duties of the house. Mother is emotionally attached to the house because of father, an adopting this option will grant her an opportunity to live where she feels most comfortable. However, this will be expensive due to the hiring of personal assistants and medical professionals to take care of her health. The distance from any of us may make her lonely as well.
Mother can also be taken to an assisted living facility where we will be paying up for her maintenance. Here, she will be able to avoid the strain of daily activities and get access to medical services. The expenses will be paid from our pockets, which I all believe you can afford. However, my problem with this proposal is that mother might get even lonelier. Taking her to an assisted living facility means that she will be detached from the house and us as well. However, if you still find this feasible, we can forge for it and be paying frequent visits to her.
The last option would be taking mother to live with one of us. According to me, this would be the best option. This will give mother more piece of mind and reduce the costs that would be incurred if we consider the other two options. When mother lives with one of us, we able to monitor and respond to her ...