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SWBTATTReg

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7. Thank you. My parents lived out in the boonies in the Ozarks, all by themselves, miles from anywhere, 20+

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Sat Mar 8, 2025, 04:51 PM

Mar 2025

miles from the nearest town. I always worried about them. And the sad thing about it was that when my Mom had an event (we think it was a stroke, we don't know), she slipped and fell outside in the dark, wasn't found until the morning. She was found by a neighbor's kid that morning, but the damage was done. It had rained all night too, a minor rain, but still...

It was horrible to think about here being out there all night. And the kicker was, we had convinced my brother to move there and live there, just to keep an eye on her. He was just about to.

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The challenges and decisions that come wiith aging. Your place sounds pleasant. appalachiablue Mar 2025 #2

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Thanks and I understand your points. Good idea about an alert device and appalachiablue Mar 2025 #5

Thank you. My parents lived out in the boonies in the Ozarks, all by themselves, miles from anywhere, 20+ SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #7

Thanks for sharing, how sad. And you were aware and working on appalachiablue Mar 2025 #9

Thank you. My mother was stubborn, independent, and I do respect the value of self-dependence, that it's SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #10