懂你英语Level6 Unit2 Part3 Dialogue Taking Care of the Elderl

I’m sorry to hear about your father.
I hope he died peacefully.
Emm, he knew it was coming and he had a good life.
He’d been sick for about a year.
Luckily, there wasn’t much pain.
So how is your mother?
She hasn’t taken at well.
Even though she knew it was coming, she has a hard time without him.
She says the house seems so empty and she feels useless.
(She’s having a hard time because she feels useless.)

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I can imagine.
Does she have many friends?
She has a few but she’s never being very social.
Maybe she’ll get out of it more than one, but I don’t think that’s very likely.
She’s also beginning to lose her memory.
Oh, that’s too bad.
My mum is losing her memory too.
Sometimes she doesn’t know who I am.
She makes me app with my sister.

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Does she live by herself?
She did until about a year ago.
Then we had her come and stay with us.
How is that working out?
It was okay at first, but now with her memory problems, it isn’t working.
We’re thinking about putting her into the senior living community.
It’s expensive but it can provide her with the support she needs.
(Senior communities generally provide meals and medical support.)

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We may have to do that too.
My husband and my mother don’t get along at all.
He can’t relax when she’s around.
When I mentioned it to him, he sound he would consider it but only if it work for very short time.
Well I’m sorry you have to deal with it.
It doesn’t seem like there are any good choices.
Emm, I’m afraid that’s right.
We are getting older too.
This is another reminder of our mortality.
We’re no longer children, so now it’s our turn to take care of our parents.
The way I see yet it’s remind for us to enjoy life all we can.
If you like, I can send you information about some senior communities.
Please do, we need to start making plans.
There are waiting lists to get in some of them, so you shouldn’t wait to apply.
(She’s never being very social, so it’s unlikely that she will go out to meet new friends.)