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qw^t          B.1 utt1:   What is it about, nursing homes? /  

sd^t          @A.2 utt1:  {F Uh-, } {D well, } about nursing homes,   

b          B.3 utt1:   Yeah. /  

+          A.4 utt1:  [ and, + and ] older people.  /
sd          A.4 utt2:  {F Uh, } my husband has a grandmother that lives with his mother -- /  

b          B.5 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.6 utt1:  --  {C and } they're just really close here.  /
sd          A.6 utt2: {C And } his mother has bad health too  /
sd          A.6 utt3: {C and so } I go over sometimes in the day when he's at work  /
sd          A.6 utt4: {C and } I, {F um, } help with her and bathe her and feed her. /  

b          B.7 utt1:   Right. /  

sv          A.8 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C and } ] [ I, + that's hard to be a caretaker I ] really believe.  /
sv          A.8 utt2: It's really difficult to be a caretaker twenty-four hours a day. /  

aa          B.9 utt1:   {F Oh, } it's very difficult  /
aa          B.9 utt2: I know. /  

sd          A.10 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ i-, + she ] has Alzheimer's and does not remember, {F uh, } a lot --   

b          B.11 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

+          A.12 utt1:   -- if anything. /  

b          B.13 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.14 utt1:  {C And so } she asks the same questions over and over again.  Which is not [ un-, + {D you know, } unrealistic. ] /  

b          B.15 utt1:   Right. /  

sd          A.16 utt1:  {F Um, } {C and so } you just have to try and be patient and answer them again or  just answer another question. /  

b          B.17 utt1:   Yeah. /  

%          A.18 utt1:  {F Uh, } I, {F uh, } - /
sd(^q)          A.18 utt2: (( some ))  nights his mother calls me and says can your family, - /
^q          A.18 utt3:  {C and } just bring the kids  (( in ))  the family  /
^q          A.18 utt4: {C and } just come over [ and, + and ] visit grandma because she gets very disoriented. /  

b          B.19 utt1:   Yeah,  /
qw          B.19 utt2: how old is she? /  

sd          A.20 utt1:   She's ninety-two. /  

sd          B.21 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ my, + {D see } my ] father is ninety-two  /
sd          B.21 utt2: {C and } [ still, + {F uh, } he and mother still ] live at the house and drive [ and -- +   

sv          A.22 utt1:   {F Oh, } I think that's wonderful. /  

+          B.23 utt1:  -- and ] do the whole thing,  /
sd          B.23 utt2: {C but } {D you know } [ if something would, + {F uh, } whenever something ] happens to one of them then,   

%          A.24 utt1:   {D Well, } -/  

+          B.25 utt1:  I don't know what I'll do up there. /  

b          A.26 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.27 utt1:  [ I, + I ] just know [ that + ] too many horror stories about nursing homes  /
%          B.27 utt2: {C and so, } -/  

aa          A.28 utt1:   Yeah.  /
sd          A.28 utt2:  I was just going to say. /  

sd          B.29 utt1:  They're in Missouri  /
sd          B.29 utt2: {C and } [ [ [ I could, + I, ] + I know, ] + I know ] stories for sure that [ [ [ they just, + they, ] + they just, ] {D well, } they ] can't take the proper care of them.   

b          A.30 utt1:   Yeah. /  

+          B.31 utt1:   Most of them. /  

b          A.32 utt1:   {F Um, } /  

sv          B.33 utt1:  {C And, } {F uh, } [ it's, + it's ] tragic that, {D you know, } when people live so long that they, {F uh, } [ don't have a pla-, + really don't have a place ] to go. /  

aa          A.34 utt1:   Yes. /  

%          B.35 utt1:   {D So, } -/  

sv          A.36 utt1:  {F Uh, } I think it's wonderful [ these, + these ] places that aren't nursing homes necessarily  /
sd          A.36 utt2: {C but } they can go and reside there like little apartments,   

b          B.37 utt1:   Right. /  

+          A.38 utt1:  places in between places.  /
sd          A.38 utt2:  {C And } I like that idea if they can handle it themselves.  /
%          A.38 utt3: {F Um, } -/  

b          B.39 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.39 utt2: there's one very close to where my parents are  /
sd          B.39 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } I think it would be nice  /
sd          B.39 utt4: {C but } my dad's the type he wouldn't want to spend the money on anything. /  

b          A.40 utt1:   Yeah,  /
b^r          A.40 utt2: yeah <laughter>. /  

sd          B.41 utt1:  {C So, } {F uh, } {E I mean, } he's from that old depression era  /
sv          B.41 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } {D you know, } [ it's, + {F oh, } it's ] just  (( blissfull ))  that they're both,   

b          A.42 utt1:   <<Very faint>> Yeah. /  

+          B.43 utt1:  able to do everything for themselves.  /
sd          B.43 utt2:  I would imagine that [ I'll, + {F uh, } if something happens, I'll ] move one of them or bot-, {D you know, } [ in, + in ] with me. /  

b          A.44 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

%          B.45 utt1:   {D So, } {F uh, } -/  

b          A.46 utt1:   Yeah. /  

sd          B.47 utt1:  {C But } I know a lot of people have said that and then find out how tough it is  /
sv          B.47 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C but } ] I think you'd have to really, - /
sd^t          B.47 utt3: they also wanted us to talk about you'd have to really check [ on the, {F uh } -- +   

^2          A.48 utt1:   Nursing homes. /  

+          B.49 utt1:  -- on this ] homes.  /
sd          B.49 utt2:  {C But } I just don't know how much you can see when you go for a, -/  

^2          A.50 utt1:   Visit. /  

sv          B.51 utt1:   I think you just have to drop in all unexpectedly a lot. /  

b          A.52 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.53 utt1:  {C And } so many people when they put people in the nurses home, they never see them. /  

aa          A.54 utt1:   They don't go and see them.  /
aa          A.54 utt2:  That's right. /  

sv          B.55 utt1:   They never go to see them. /  

aa          A.56 utt1:   That's right. /  

sd          B.57 utt1:  I've talked to many, {F uh, } owners of places and say that nobody even, - /
sv          B.57 utt2: [ maybe, + maybe ] Christmas. /  

sv          A.58 utt1:  {D You know, } {F um, } [ I, + I ] think nursing homes [ [ are, + are, ] + {F um, } some are ] good -- /  

b          B.59 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.60 utt1:   -- I have to say that. /  

b          B.61 utt1:   Right. /  

sv          A.62 utt1:  {C But } for the most part I truly believe that the parents would be better if they were with the children. /  

aa          B.63 utt1:   {F Oh, } I do too. /  

b          A.64 utt1:   {F Um, } /  

sv          B.65 utt1:  Or [ [ if, + i-, ] + if ] they could be real, real nearby where they could see them everyday or so. /  

aa          A.66 utt1:   Right,  /
aa^r          A.66 utt2: right. /  

sd          B.67 utt1:  {F Uh, } {C because } I know Governor Richards is really upset about what she's finding in the nursing [ ho-, + homes, ] {F uh, } regulation in Texas  /
sv          B.67 utt2: {C so } maybe we'll get it improved. /  

b          A.68 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

%          B.69 utt1:   {D So. } -/  

sd          A.70 utt1:   I hope so. /  

%          B.71 utt1:   {D Anyway. } -/  

sv          A.72 utt1:  {D You know, } [ it's, + I think it's ] very difficult in the first place to make that choice --   

b          B.73 utt1:   Right. /  

+          A.74 utt1:   -- to have them go there. /  

aa          B.75 utt1:   {F Oh, } it's tough I'm sure. /  

sv          A.76 utt1:  {C And then } if you find out that they are not having good care, {D you know, } I'm sure that [ it is just, +   

b          B.77 utt1:   Oh. /  

+          A.78 utt1:  {D you know, } you'd  pull ] them out of there so fast. /  

aa          B.79 utt1:   Right,  /
sv          B.79 utt2: that would be devastating I'm sure  /
%          B.79 utt3: {C so. } -/  

sv          A.80 utt1:  [ {C And, } + {F uh, } {C and } ] yet if you didn't feel like you could be a good caretaker I don't, {F uh, } - /
sv          A.80 utt2: it's a very, very hard decision I think. /  

aa          B.81 utt1:  It is a tough decision  /
sv          B.81 utt2: {C and } it's one that needs a great deal of thought,   

b          A.82 utt1:  <<Very faint>> Uh-huh. /  

+          B.83 utt1:  and prior probably. /  

aa          A.84 utt1:   I think that's right, /  

b          B.85 utt1:   Yeah. /  

sv          A.86 utt1:  and especially if you're not a person that is {D like } a medical person maybe or something that the person needs medical treatment. /  

b          B.87 utt1:   Right. /  

sd          A.88 utt1:  {D Now } I know a friend of mine who had a father, {F uh, } she brought to her home, {F uh, } to live there,  /
sd          A.88 utt2: {C but } he needed the medical treatment  /
sd          A.88 utt3: {C and } she had a nursing person come in {D like } three times a week [ to, + to ] help him out. /  

b          B.89 utt1:   Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.90 utt1:   {C And } that might be a partial solution,   

b          B.91 utt1:   Right. /  

+          A.92 utt1:  or something.  /
sd          A.92 utt2:  {C But, } {F um, } I personally am for the trying it at home caretaker part before I think I'd ever, -/  

sd          B.93 utt1:   I would hope we could do that,   

b          A.94 utt1:   Yeah. /  

+          B.95 utt1:  and then go from there. /  

b          @@A.96 utt1:  <<Very faint>> Yeah. /  

%          B.97 utt1:   {D Well, } {D anyway, } -/  

sv          A.98 utt1:  {D Well, } <lipsmack> [ I, + I ] think we kind of are along the same lines. /  

sv          B.99 utt1:  We've covered a little bit  /
fc          B.99 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } it's good to hear from you  /
%          B.99 utt3: {C and, } -/  

fc^m          A.100 utt1:   Good to hear from you. /  

fc          B.101 utt1:   Have a good, -/  

fc          A.102 utt1:   Have a lovely day. /  

fc          B.103 utt1:   Have a good lif-, / 
