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Do you still know how old you are, mom?

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Oh, I don't know.

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No? You can't remember? 
What do you think?


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Name a number?
- Oh, I can't say.

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My mother is eighty one years old. 

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About ten years ago she had a cerebral hemorrhage, 

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causing her to loose quite a number of abilities.

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In particular speech, but in terms of mobility she has deteriorated much as well.

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It's a huge limitation for her.

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She can't fully dress herself anymore,

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can't take a shower on her own.

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And of course she really liked to do those things herself.

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You can lower this one, 
lower this one.

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One, two, well done!

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I visit my mother two to three times a week, on average.

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She lives in a nursing home where she gets cared for,

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but she receives a lot of help from her children as well.

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The tasks we perform are essentially extra's,

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but we make sure she has a nice Surinam dinner,

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a snack and some fruit. 

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And we go over her day, 
which is often the same, 

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but it's the trick to make her feel that

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each day is very special.

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She's just a really sweet mother.

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It's really satisfactory, not only to oneself, 

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but the other person is so grateful,

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and she really shows.

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The staff is not just there solely for my mother.

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There are residents on my mothers section

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who never get any visitors,

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who never get that little bit of personal attention.

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And that's also part of my motivation,

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the time they don't have to spend with my mother,

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I rather have them confer it to other residents.

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And that way I'm also contributing to the well-being of others.