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DisElderly Conduct
By John DeDakis
Last edited: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
This short story is rated "PG" by the Author.
       
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1-2-1 with Judy Karofsky


Assisted Living and Hospice are supposed to ease a person's final days.

Often they do.

But there are serious flaws in the business of care at life's end.

The story of her mother's final days is a cautionary tale.

"One-to-One with John DeDakis" goes 1-2-1 with Judy Karofsky, author of "DisElderly Conduct." 

See and hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGBpeuxXQpo&list=PLXDV_HPUqtvvV-j0lyb2BsaZNSW3GCcDP&index=1&t=2793s 


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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 26, 2025
Judy Karofsky’s interview caught my eye because of my mother’s experience with assisted living, my involvement with someone in assisted living and hospice, and my own form of assisted living by hiring caretakers for the last 33 years. From the little I heard of abuse from Karofsky’s interview, I really hope that I can have hospice in my home and never have to go to assisted living or a nursing home in the final stages of my life.

As usual, very enlightening, especially for those of us nearing the end of our lives and having to make decisions about what direction we will take. Also, especially because I do not have family close by and I have no children. Hopefully I will remain competent enough to control my own final destiny.

Ron