Life in the nursing home for a misfit.
Life before the home that was exciting, productive and never boring.
If you have a loved one heading down the path from home care to assisted living to a nursing home, this book is for you. It not only chronicles one man's journey through the "system" but also tells the story of his other, earlier life, when he wasn't just another patient but was a man who experienced many adventures. A time when he was "someone". From a small town on the prairie, to Africa and many places in between, he lived life his way. Surviving life 'in care' was a challenge for this independent thinker.
At the young of age of seven, Jill's mother Eve takes her for regular sessions to a child psychologist for treatment of her anxiety, which only makes her behavior worse. When she reaches her teens, she starts drinking and then smoking marijuana with