Losing your independence as you age is hard.
You may have been a successful business person, fought in a war or brought up children under incredibly difficult circumstances. You reach an arbitrary compulsory retirement age of 60 or 65 and you are suddenly looking at the 4 walls in your home, lost and bereft.
If you live in South Africa where our public transport is poor, you probably obtained your drivers licence at 18, purchased a car as soon as you could afford it, and for 40+ years you drove yourself to the shops, to church, the doctor or visited friends.
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Dave and I have lived in a home for Senior Citizens for the past 5 years where there are approximately 90 residents between the ages of 55 and 93.
I have just turned 69 and I am finding it difficult to comprehend why it is freaking me out. I don’t feel old. Okay, I could be healthier, fitter and thinner. I like the wrong foods and being summer, it is too hot to exercise. Yes, I have a busy brain and a lazy body.
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- Written by: Pat Pughe-Parry