Men Caregiving for Their Spouses Is a Growing Trend
Men Caregiving for Their Spouses Is a Growing Trend
Benita Zahn brings us a touching story of a husband taking care of his wife who has Alzheimer's disease.
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" Black and they're gonna help. Allen and Bob go pro had been married 56 years they raised four children two boys two girls cutie is the oldest daughter. The -- all these days of -- that something neither could foresee. Bond -- talent care Geithner Kelly has alzheimer's."
" I can't think of all of us as we used to PI got to be grateful for the way she is now."
" Until -- diagnose this bot took a backseat to running the house. Now it's all on him and it -- nine it's not a job he was prepared for my father told me to do that patience is a virtue."
" Welcome -- and remember it's old component men and I had better be careful you don't like tolerance and all that he's more than tolerant."
" He's telling everything all the time."
" Gotta get are washed and --"
" An avid runner Bob -- the little time every morning to get out. -- at all because the disease is so disorienting. Telling you always at halftime. And you know he would welcome they don't. The little. -- rescuing it at. War. More threatening to -- You know -- state. That's their child can lend a hand but in the end it's -- and can be lonely you friends."
" So room around with. Some some kind of disappear because they don't know how to handle and it and it occurred couldn't particularly the man doesn't like -- this will help."
" But he's learning. Now he's got a group of and in other caretakers he speaks with by -- he says it helps when he feels guilty that he should be doing more and when he feels overwhelmed. He's the first to tell you his kids are great help. But they know they walk a fine line between helping and being overbearing. At -- then she probably knows Helen would have done this for him. --"
" We're going to lose sleep over one Helms who -- know how lucky I get -- and that's who pulls pranks or."
" I needed time for NBC news. It."
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