— 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 isn’t taking 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.

( He died after a longillness .

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 been very social .

     Maybe she’ll get out a bit more now , but I don’t  think it’s very likely .

     She’s also beginning to lose her memory .

— Oh, that’s too bad .

     My mom is losing her memory too .

    Sometime she doesn’t know who I am .

    She mixes me up with my sister .

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— Does she live by herself ?

— She did until about a yearago .

     Then we had her come and stay with us .

— How was that working out ?

— It was OK at first ,but now with her memory problems ,it isn’t working .

     Were you thinking about putting her into a senior living community ?

     It’s expensive ,but it canprovide 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 is around .

    When I mention it to him ,he  said he would consider it ,but only agereed for a 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 more .

     We are no longer children ,so now it’s our term to take care of our parents .

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— The way I see it ,it’s remindit for us to enjoy life while 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 into some of them ,so you shouldn’t wait to a fie(?).

(She’s never been very social,so it’s unlikely that she will go out to meet new friends.)