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FILENAME:	3770_1148_1001
TOPIC#:		305
DATE:		920116
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REMARKS:        Television in background on B

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x          B.1 utt1:  <Talking>.   

qy^d          A.2 utt1:  {D Well, } I was just wondering if you had had any experience with, {F um, } the care of the elderly. /  

ny          @B.3 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd^e          @B.3 utt2: I have.  /
sd          @B.3 utt3: In fact, {F uh, } <breathing> [ just a little over, + just a little less ] than a year ago, {F uh, } my mother </talking> went to be with the Lord,  /
sd          @B.3 utt4: {C and } we cared for her the last, {F oh, } seventeen months of her life here [ in the, + at ] home.   

b          A.4 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.5 utt1:  Aside from, {F uh, } <lipsmack> having to, {F uh, } take her to the hospital  /
sd          B.5 utt2: {C and, }  {F uh, } {D you know, } those times, {D well, } she was there in [ the, + the ] regular hospital. /  

b          A.6 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.7 utt1:  {C And then } she was diagnosed having inoperable type of cancer,  /
sd          B.7 utt2: {C and so } the doctor elected to have her, {F uh, } finish out, {F uh, } in the hospice program. /  

b          A.8 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.9 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } [ I, + as far as I'm ] concerned, that is far and above any nursing home, because, {F uh, } [ she's around her own fa-, + {D you know, } [ the, + the ] elderly parent in question is around their own family. ]  /
sd          B.9 utt2:  The, {F uh, } hospice program provides a hospital type bed. {A {D Well, } it is a hospital bed, } and all the oxygen,   

x          A.10 utt1:  <Noise>.   

+          B.11 utt1:  stuff [ and a, + {F uh, } and a ] visiting nurse at least every other day, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. /  

ba          A.12 utt1:  {D Well, } that's # nice. # /  

sd          B.13 utt1:  # {C And } # it's all taken care of [ by, + by, ] {F uh, } Medicare, {F uh, } <lipsmack>  /
ba          B.13 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } [ [ it, + it's, ] + it's ] really neat, {F uh.  /
sd          B.13 utt3: }  {C And } [ [ I, + {D you know, } I wouldn't, ] + I wouldn't ] banish, {F uh, } my old loved one [ to a, + to a ] warehouse. /  

aa          A.14 utt1:  No. /  

sv          B.15 utt1:  {C And } [ that's, + that's ] what I basically, {F uh, } view a nursing home as, a warehouse,  /
%          B.15 utt2: {C so } # <laughter> that's, # -/  

sv          A.16 utt1:  # <Throat_clearing>  It's # really sad <breathing>. /  

br          B.17 utt1:  Pardon me? /  

sv          A.18 utt1:  It's really a sad situation. /  

aa          B.19 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
x          B.19 utt2: #  ((   )) . # /  

sv          A.20 utt1:  # {C And, } # {F uh, } I think a lot of people struggle with. - /
sv          A.20 utt2: # [ I, + #   

b          B.21 utt1:  #  (( Oh )) . # /  

+          A.22 utt1:  I ] guess the problem is that the spouse of whoever, {D you know, } the parent # is, #   

b          B.23 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.24 utt1:  doesn't always want the in-law living in the house.  /
qy          A.24 utt2: Is that right? /  

na          B.25 utt1:  Right. /  

ba          A.26 utt1:  {D Well, } that's really sad. /  

aa          B.27 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.27 utt2: I know.  /
sd          B.27 utt3: {C But, } {F uh, } in this case, {F uh, } spouse and I, {F uh, } [ [ [ are, + {F uh, } we're, ] + are, ] + are, ] {F uh, } united in this area # because, #   

b          A.28 utt1:  # Uh-huh.  /
x          A.28 utt2: #  <<faint>>   

+          B.29 utt1:  I guess [ her father, + her grandfather ] and grandmother both lived with, {F uh, } <lipsmack> her parents, {F uh, }  [ [ th-, + th-, ] + their ] golden years too,  /
sd          B.29 utt2: {C so } --   

b          A.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.31 utt1:  -- this isn't {D like, } {F uh, } {F uh, } just [ one, + one, ] {F uh, } instance.  /
sd          B.31 utt2:  In fact, {F uh, } her, {F uh, } {F uh, } experiences [ were, + were ] invaluable --   

b          A.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.33 utt1:  -- to me.  /
sd          B.33 utt2: {F Uh, } <laughter> in fact, I don't know if I could have, {F uh, } held up, {F uh, } {D you know, } without my wife, {F uh, } helping [ in # [ this, + #   

b          A.34 utt1:  # Right. # /  

+          B.35 utt1:  this, ] + in this ] case. /  

b          A.36 utt1:  Yes.  /
sd          A.36 utt2:  {D Well, } [ I know when the, + I remember being a ] child  /
sd          A.36 utt3: {C and } my grandmother had had <noise> [ se-, + several ] strokes and things, and that [ we had, + my parents tried ] to keep her in the house,  /
sd          A.36 utt4: {C and } they did for a long time.  {A I # couldn't, #   

b          B.37 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.38 utt1:  tell you how long, } until she got, {F uh, } where she had to have complete care,  /
sd          A.38 utt2: #  (( {C and so } )) , #   

b          B.39 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.40 utt1:  they couldn't, {D you know, } keep her in the house anymore,  /
sd          A.40 utt2: {C and } it was really hard on everyone.  /
sd          A.40 utt3:  She had to have, {D you know, } twenty-four hour a day care.  /
sd          A.40 utt4: {C And } I don't remember much about it except that there was a nursing home at that time --   

b          B.41 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.42 utt1:  -- just a block or two from our house. /  

b          B.43 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.44 utt1:  {C And } [ that, + {F um, } they ] put her there,  /
sd          A.44 utt2: {C and } <lipsmack> we all went just constantly until she died. /  

b          B.45 utt1:  {F Oh, } okay. /  

sd          A.46 utt1:  {C But } it was very hard on everyone to see, {D you know, } grandmother be like  that,  /
sd          A.46 utt2: {C and } [ [ I don't know that, + {D you know, } <laughter> I don't, ] + being so young, I don't ] remember [ [ why. +   

b          B.47 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.48 utt1:  {D You know, } what was, ] + why ] she had to go there. /  

sd          B.49 utt1:  {D Well, } maybe, {D well, } [ as, + as ] you say, the care [ of, + of ] grandmother [ or + ] [ was, + was ] just such that such mom and dad couldn't handle it. /  

b          A.50 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          A.50 utt2:  {D Well, } I do remember that she was, {D you know, } totally incapable of taking care of herself in any way. /  

ba          B.51 utt1:  {F Oh, } boy,  /
%          B.51 utt2: # yeah. # /  

sd          A.52 utt1:  # {C And } [ [ [ that + # that, ] + they couldn't, ] + they found that they could not -- ]   

b          B.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.54 utt1:  -- {D you know, } give her the hygienic care and everything that she needed. /  

b          B.55 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sv          B.55 utt2:  {D Well, } [ [ then, + then there's almost, ] + then there's almost ] [ no, + no, ] {F uh, } {F uh, } choice left to her then <noise>. /  

aa          A.56 utt1:  No,  /
aa          A.56 utt2: {C but } like you say, there is a tendency for people to be abandoned, though, # {D you know, } #   

b          B.57 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.58 utt1:  in the nursing home.  /
sd          A.58 utt2:  I do remember the other patients there, {F uh, } <noise> being real excited when we came to see our own grandmother, because they got some interaction with someone. /  

aa          B.59 utt1:  Right.  /
sv          B.59 utt2:  In fact, [ just, + {F uh, } just, ] {F uh, } sit and chat with them for five minutes [ and, + and ] be interested in what they have to say --   

b          A.60 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.61 utt1:  -- regardless of what it is. /  

aa          A.62 utt1:  Right,  /
aa^r          A.62 utt2: right.  /
sv          A.62 utt3: {C And } I guess that's hard on people to [ give, + <breathing> give ] up their lives.  /
sv          A.62 utt4: If they're busy they don't <breathing> {D you know. } -/  

b          B.63 utt1:  Uh-huh <noise>. /  

sv          A.64 utt1:  It's easy to abandon people, because we do have the nursing homes, # I guess. # /  

b          B.65 utt1:  # Right. # /  

sv          A.66 utt1:  If you can afford them.  /
sd          A.66 utt2: {C But, } {D anyway. }  # {D Well, } I'm, #   

%          B.67 utt1:  # {C And [ then, + then, ] } # -/  

+          A.68 utt1:  glad it worked out good for your family. /  

b          B.69 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.69 utt2: it did,  /
sd          B.69 utt3: {C and } [ I was just pr-, + I just praised ] the Lord [ that, + that ] we were able to, {F uh, } <lipsmack> have, {F uh, } {F uh, } -/ 
