Ready for goose bumps?
What is Love? Watch this 3.5-minute video.
Bill and Glad won’t let Alzheimer’s come between them. They’re celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary (they met when they were only ages 8 and 9).
I count it a great privilege to care for this woman I’ve cared for all these years and continue to love.
Bill designed a “bike chair” so he could take Glad, his princess (tiara and all), on a ride along the beach.
A real Prince Charming from Australia …
If you can’t view the video above, click to watch on YouTube: What is Love? Video – Bill won’t let Glad’s Alzheimer’s come between them.
Also click to watch Bill’s response to his video above.
You’ll laugh when you hear him read one person’s response while watching this in the library.
Let their LOVE be your inspiration.
Dear Caregiver:
Our Women’s Health & Aging Lab at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has an online project that your members may be interested in. We have a new website designed specifically for women helping older family members or friends.
Women in this project will have access to tips and techniques about caregiving and managing health care. This is completely online, and as a bonus, participants can receive up to $100 for completing brief surveys.
To find out more about this new website, visit: UMSL-HealthcareStudies.org [Updated 8/13/2017: Link no longer works] to see if you are eligible. We would like you to help us get the word out about our project; could you please pass this information along to your Yahoo group members?
Regards,
Dr. Ann Steffen
Ann M. Steffen, Ph.D
Associate Professor & Interim Chair
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri-St. Louis
(314) 516-5382 (voice mail)
(314) 516-5392 (fax)
ann_steffen@umsl.edu
Hope in humanity restored! We tend to hear a lot of the bad things people do, but we need a lot more story’s like this.. Thanks for posting this
Very nice video! Really inspirational how he chooses to do all the work for her and he is willing to do it because he loves her. May god bless him
I watched the video from Bill in Australia this morning at my desk, where I have worked for 18 years, at an assisted living community in Merrill, Wisconsin. His comments about the love of God and how he shares that love with people around him made me realize that same explanation is why I have worked here for 18 years. The ability to help others, I feel, is a blessing that I enjoy and learn from every day of my life. In the video you can see Glad knows she is loved and cared for by a special man – no words need to be spoken.
Thank you Brenda –
Thank YOU for taking a moment to share your view, Linda, which I also find inspiring.
Brenda, I was inspired when I first saw this about 6 months ago. I wrote to them and found out the expensive is just too much for me. Over $2,000 with or maybe in addition to shipping from down under. I was concerned that there is no place in the states that does the service.Otherwise this would have been great for getting Marie out in the fresh air. We have plenty of bike trails.
WOW, that much, huh? Well, if enough people request one of these, maybe Bill would collaborate with a local manufacturer who–with enough orders–would bring the price waaay down. Also, realize that this may be in AUD (Australian dollars). If so, the USD ($)equivalent would give you a modest discount to $1,881 at current rates. Beyond this, you’re right…prototype pricing is very expensive.