A Gentleman's Gentleman

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Yesterday, I had the sad duty of notifying my client's friends that their love one is in the hospital and at the end of his life. Overwhelmingly, the responses were the same, he has always been a "gentleman's gentleman" and that is how he will be remembered. Among the duties of a geriatric care manager, preparing for end of life has to be the hardest, especially when this gentle man has spent his last 18 months with our agency. I am expected to be clinical and a professional, but can't get over how heavy my heart is with this sense of loss for someone who brought us as much joy and happiness as I know we brought him. A day before his accident we were making plans for his 88th birthday and laughing about his inability to follow the DVD player's instructions that we lovingly prepared for him. This feeling of great loss has overwhelmed our staff members as well, from our nurse who managed his medications to our companion who just took him for a hair cut last Wednesday. We wish a peaceful passing onto the next life for him and know he will always be remembered as a gentleman among gentlemen. olga@agooddaughter.com