[sasi] Aging with a disability

Sun Mar 20 03:02:09 GMT 2011

Yes, have a daughter in Fort Worth Texas.  Unfortunately, or fortunately, 
she works 2 jobs.

Thanks,
Cheryl

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From: "jeri cooper" <jericooper at att.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 6:23 PM
To: "'sasi, (sight and sound impaired) discussion list'" <sasi at acb.org>
Subject: Re: [sasi] Aging with a disability

> Do you have any relatives or friends in the US to where you might come and
> visit and do some researching while you're here? Just a thought. Hugs! 
> Jeri
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sasi-bounces at acb.org [mailto:sasi-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of 
> Cheryl
> Osborn
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:12 PM
> To: sasi, (sight and sound impaired) discussion list
> Subject: Re: [sasi] Aging with a disability
>
> Thanks for your input, Cindy.
>
> Hadley is an excellent idea.  I do have some very good Spanish lessons on 
> CD
> and some computer files.  I have learned a lot of Spanish since living 
> here
> but I still have a long way to go.  Being an older person with a bad 
> memory
> doesn't help much.  Even if I were fluent in Spanish, I still would miss
> being in the US.  The cost of living here is definitely less, but I guess
> that we all have our priorities.
>
> I have tried to do some research via the Internet, but as you stated, it 
> is
> pretty difficult to do from here.  Also, when people find out that I am 
> not
> currently residing in the US, they don't want to talk with me further. 
> From
> what I have read, the reduced rent places would charge me about a third of
> my disability check.  I don't know if this would take into account my
> medical and prescription costs.  It is possible that I may have to make a
> trip just to find out.
>
> Cheryl
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Cindy Flerman <mailto:cflerman at verizon.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:42 AM
> To: sasi, (sight and sound impaired) discussion list <mailto:sasi at acb.org>
> Subject: Re: [sasi] Aging with a disability
>
> Hi Cheryl,
>
> While you are still in Mexico, have you thought about taking a Spanish
> course from Hadley?  This could be a help to you where you are.
>
> I don't know a lot about lower cost senior facilities but I do know (and 
> you
> may remember) that California is a bit on the expensive side.
>
> My brother who lives in Phoenix tells me that the cost of living has gone 
> up
> there since I left in 1993.  My Mom, had she been admitted to an assisted
> living facility in Pennsylvania, would have paid about $7 thousand a 
> month.
> But this is different from a lower-cost apartment where meals and care
> aren't provided.
>
> I wish I knew more but those are the first things that come to mind.
>
> I have heard that some rental buildings have low income apartment
> availability and that often word of mouth is the best way to find out 
> about
> them, but that isn't always easy when you're not living in the location 
> that
> interests you.
>
> I will be very interested also in other comments.
>
> Cindy Flerman & yellow Lab Pedro
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Cheryl Osborn <mailto:chapalacheryl at gmail.com>
> To: Seniors at ACB <mailto:sasi at acb.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:29 AM
> Subject: [sasi] Aging with a disability
>
> As I have just joined this list, I am not aware of its most
> common/popular focus, so please ignore me if you don't like or want to
> discuss what I am writing about.
>
> I think that aging with a disability can be interesting.  All of a
> sudden you are not disabled any more.  You are just another senior 
> citizen.
> If you forget to do something, you are not ostracized but forgiven.  If 
> you
> stumble around, weave back and forth, it is assumed that you are new to a
> medication.  The down side of all these things is that you could be 
> ignored
> or patronized even more than you were in your earlier years.  This really
> bothers me when I consider that there are so many more senior citizens 
> than
> ever before.
>
> As a person who lives in a rural area of Mexico, I probably don't
> have many of the same concerns that someone living in the US would have. 
> In
> general, people here treat their elders with respect.  On the other hand,
> they don't appear to expect disabled people to do much of anything.  If a
> disabled person lives with the family, they are taken care of and pretty
> much kept at home.  Those disabled persons who do venture out, and they 
> are
> few, usually beg on the streets.  From what my husband and friends tell 
> me,
> when I am seen on the streets with my guide dog, the people tend to stare 
> at
> me in amazement.  They want to help me negotiate obstacles and to assist 
> me
> across the streets.
>
> After being here in Mexico for almost 5 years, I am strongly
> considering returning to the US.  I miss some of the really important 
> things
> like a good hamburger and real pizza.  It would also be very nice to be 
> able
> to depend on being able to board a city bus without an argument about the
> Mexican law, which does, by the way, allow persons with a guide dog to
> access all public facilities.  Also, as my Spanish is on an elementary
> level, I am concerned that should my husband not be here, I would be in a
> sorry situation, no way to get to town.
>
> As for living in the US, I am wondering if I am only dreaming that I
> could possibly live on my disability check alone.  Would it be possible to
> find a decent senior living facility that is located on a bus line and is 
> a
> short walking distance to a grocery store.  I am not particular which 
> state
> I live in, excluding the really harsh weather states which us older people
> find miserable.  As a born-and-bread US citizen, I am very spoiled when it
> comes to certain things.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Cheryl
>
>
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