要介護５の母と、要介護３の父がいる。
脳梗塞、狭心症、肺がん、糖尿、水頭症、たくさんの既往症を抱えながらも、
築40年の木造２階建住宅で、老老介護のごとく二人暮らしを続けてきた。
そのバランスが、半年前から急激に崩れていった。
母の入院する病院でクラスターが発生して、以来一度も面会できていない。
日々の医療行為を必要とし、ほぼ寝たきり車椅子生活の母は、
自身の病状を判断できず、自宅に帰りたいと訴えているらしい。
日に日に童心に返っていく母と、日に日に動けなくなっていく父が、
余生を一緒に過ごせるような場所を、探している。
梅雨空の中、その範囲を北関東にまで広げて、施設を訪問してまわる。
人は、人生の終焉をどのように過ごすべきだろう。
最後の２分間、しっかり手を握ってもらって、私は逝きたい。
I have a mother who needs stage 5 care and a father who needs stage 3 care.
Despite having a stroke, angina, lung cancer, diabetes, hydrocephalus and many other pre-existing conditions.
They had been living in a 40-year-old wooden two-story house, doing " elderly care by elderly".
The balance between the two of them began to deteriorate rapidly six months ago.
A COVID-19 cluster broke out at the hospital where my mother was admitted, and I haven't been able to visit her since.
My mother requires daily medical care and is nearly bedridden and in a wheelchair.
The nurse says my mother is unable to judge her own medical condition and is complaining that she wants to go home.
My mother is becoming more and more like a child every day, and my father is becoming more and more immobile by the day.
We are looking for a place where they can spend the rest of their lives together.
In the rainy season, we visited a number of facilities in the northern Kanto area.
How should one spend the end of one's life?
I want to spend the last two minutes of my life with someone who holds my hand firmly.
人気ブログランキングへ
海外永住 ブログランキングへ "
脳梗塞、狭心症、肺がん、糖尿、水頭症、たくさんの既往症を抱えながらも、
築40年の木造２階建住宅で、老老介護のごとく二人暮らしを続けてきた。
そのバランスが、半年前から急激に崩れていった。
母の入院する病院でクラスターが発生して、以来一度も面会できていない。
日々の医療行為を必要とし、ほぼ寝たきり車椅子生活の母は、
自身の病状を判断できず、自宅に帰りたいと訴えているらしい。
日に日に童心に返っていく母と、日に日に動けなくなっていく父が、
余生を一緒に過ごせるような場所を、探している。
梅雨空の中、その範囲を北関東にまで広げて、施設を訪問してまわる。
人は、人生の終焉をどのように過ごすべきだろう。
最後の２分間、しっかり手を握ってもらって、私は逝きたい。
I have a mother who needs stage 5 care and a father who needs stage 3 care.
Despite having a stroke, angina, lung cancer, diabetes, hydrocephalus and many other pre-existing conditions.
They had been living in a 40-year-old wooden two-story house, doing " elderly care by elderly".
The balance between the two of them began to deteriorate rapidly six months ago.
A COVID-19 cluster broke out at the hospital where my mother was admitted, and I haven't been able to visit her since.
My mother requires daily medical care and is nearly bedridden and in a wheelchair.
The nurse says my mother is unable to judge her own medical condition and is complaining that she wants to go home.
My mother is becoming more and more like a child every day, and my father is becoming more and more immobile by the day.
We are looking for a place where they can spend the rest of their lives together.
In the rainy season, we visited a number of facilities in the northern Kanto area.
How should one spend the end of one's life?
I want to spend the last two minutes of my life with someone who holds my hand firmly.
人気ブログランキングへ
海外永住 ブログランキングへ "