I live in Spring Court, which is a small Senior Citizen Complex in Olean, New York. I am one of the younger people there. The rest are mostly women in their late 80's. Housing has this lovely habit of springing inspections on us. So a little over a year ago, I decided that I would help Julia by cleaning her kitchen every Friday. She can't see, and has two daughters that are busy with their own lives and can't help her. Then after a bit , I took over her medicines. I put them in a daily holder so she can take them without having to get them out of the bottle. Otherwise, she wouldn't take them like she should. In all this time, I have not missed a Friday, except once when she went to the hospital over the weekend, once when she took a trip down south to see her son and one weekend when I was sick. Although, I was able to go to the apartment and do her meds that day anyways. I fully enjoy the time spent doing the job, although it doesn't take me long.
Sister Rose Lafrenz, Olean Ward
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