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  • Title: Nancy
    Name:
    Nancy Pedro
    Location:
    Buffalo
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Long Distance
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    To Whom It May Concern: My name is Nancy. I am caregiver to my mother Lue, who is 78 and has COPD and emphazema, and is losing her sight to macular degeneration.

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  • Title: Joe
    Name:
    Joe Mendiola
    Location:
    Boise
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Joe. I am 48 years old and quit my job 4+ years ago to take care of my parents.

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  • Title: Scott
    Name:
    Scott Taylor
    Location:
    Richardson
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35
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  • Title: glenda
    Name:
    glenda rae
    Location:
    Everett
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Glenda, (age 39) and my Dad's name is Glen (age 64). We are unique in that we are both disabled and care for each other.

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  • Title: mary
    Name:
    mary harig
    Location:
    grand rapids
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Mary. I am a 61-year-old married woman caring for my precious 93-year-old mother, Josephine, and have been her caregiver for the past 14 years.

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  • Title: annette
    Name:
    annette murphy
    Location:
    groveport
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Other
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    my name is annette murphy.i was the caregiver to my father in-law paul.he was 69and suffered from pulmanary fibrosis.he was oxygen dependent and on varing doses of prednisone.i began to care for hi

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  • Title: Gail
    Name:
    Gail Bush
    Location:
    Great Neck
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    I've been a caregiver for more than twenty years for four adults relatives, in various degrees. I am now 54, female and live in the family home with my 92 year old father, Abner.

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  • Title: Rose
    Name:
    Rose Ryan
    Location:
    Hadley
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Rose. I am 50 and am caring for my 76 year old mother who has end stage pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema.

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  • Title: Shellie
    Name:
    Shellie Allen
    Location:
    Baldwin Park
    Caregiver Relationship:
    Parent
    Living Arrangements:
    Share Home
    Primary Illness:
    Pulmonary Disease
    Post date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:35

    My name is Shellie and I've been a full-time caregiver for my mom, Frances, for the last 2 years. I'm the oldest of her 5 children, she's 72 and I'm 50.

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