Actors talk about motivation - what propels them to do a particular role. It helps everyone in any field to know our motivation. My motivation for becoming a catalyst for holistic, sane older care is simple - Mom.
In my late 50s, about 10 years after Mom was reunited with her O! Best Beloved, it dawned on me that it wasn't just genetics that enabled her to be so engaged in life, even when she wasn't feeling particularly energized. Maybe, just maybe, my support, John's, helped her be an excellent elder.
FACT: Mom could never have afforded my care if she'd had to pay. No how, no way. That doesn't seem right.
That being so...
My goal isn't simply to overhaul how we look at aging from your earliest through our final years.
It's not simply to find ways that countless others can help olders get out of their own way.
It's to figure out how to make those methods techniques activities available to everyone, not just the few who can afford to pay at least $25 an hour + expenses.
And THAT is anything but simple. Thank goodness I love a challenge!
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