My mother is 95 years old and she has all of her marbles. Thank God for that! She has trouble walking and getting around, but she still does her own cooking, bathing, dressing, cleaning up the house if necessary, lives in her own home. We are slowly weeding out what is necessary and what is not - that is done by my two sisters and I. I don't think my mother would ever want to live with any of us. Stubborn German, that she is! My way or the highway! Don't do as I do, do as I say!" But every piece of quilting I have ever done has to go before the "BOARD" before it goes out!!!!!! I just finished a pinwheel and she even called me up and told me to make another one only bigger! My mother is a fantastic quilter. She can't quilt or sew anymore because of back problems, but my sisters and I do what she can't do in the house and she has people who clean the house for her twice a month. Not in the winter, but in the Spring, Summer and Fall she drives to church and to the cemetery to visit Dad!!! She is a charmer! A little old German broad, who I love dearly. She wouldn't live with me if her house burned down!!!!!! Point being - they have their lives too! If Mom can live at home and do her thing, watch some tv, read some good books, talk on the phone, have visitors and cook fantastic meals, she can stay at home! She prays a lot too!!!!! She is, all by herself, saving this whole world from everything!!!!! God Bless the Mom! Edie