by Kevin Banet | Oct 5, 2023 | 60's Boy, History, nursing homes
Shrapnel in his chest The large man lay in his nursing home bed while I moved him about. As an orderly, I was hired because the home needed a man to work with the heavier patients. “I fought in the Battle of the Marne,” the man said. “I’ve still got shrapnel in my...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 27, 2023 | History
Today we tend to think of our lives as something static, unrelated to the past or to the future. But years ago, the great orator Cicero quoted the poet Statius, “He plants his trees to serve a race to come.” Cicero goes on to say that a farmer, however old, if he were...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 18, 2023 | History
Is it true that as a person gets older, they get interested in older things? Old buildings, old photographs, and old books? On my bookshelf is an 1899 copy of Brumbaugh’s Standard Reader. The book’s pages are yellow and the front pages are filled with the...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 18, 2023 | History, mental health
If you have an aging parent with mental difficulties, did you ever wonder what kind of value they have in life? In other words, can anything good come from the difficulties of mental illness? If we look at history, we can find notable figures who have suffered from...
by Kevin Banet | Jul 4, 2022 | History, News, Uncategorized
I’m impressed by the long lines of people who keep coming to the United States. They give up familiarity, family, and sometimes fortune to brave an unknown future in a strange land. Many of them are among my home care agency clients. They are hard workers, and they...
