My 90YO mother banged herself up in a fall on Jan. 6. Since that time, Mrs. O and I and the families of my two Kootenai County siblings have formed a team of encouragers and gophers as she has worked her way back to health, first at Kootenai Health, then Post Falls Rehabilitation Hospital, then Life Care in Coeur d'Alene and now Pacifica. Mom's long journey back to health has provided me with my first up-close view of the facilities available for aging parents in this community. I'm impressed with the facilities and the care. My brother, Frito Ray and sister, Charlotte, moved her into Pacifica over the weekend. I visited Mom for the first time there last night. It is an impressive facility with superb staff. I hung out with Mom while she ate dinner last night with her new BFFs Joyce, Connie & Sally. It was nice to see her smiling and enjoying herself again. She did so much for my five sibs and me in our formative years. It's nice to be able to offer a little bit back now that she needs care/DFO.

Question: Do you have an aging parent?

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