But my wife still catches me trying to wash the dishes. But I get stubborn and want to do it myself. Something in me demands that I do this. Natalie Eugene, who directs Weber County's Senior Companion program, said I'm learning something any senior could have told me. Losing the ability to do tiny things makes you crazy.
Seniors live in daily dread of even a minor accident taking that ability away.
The ability to do those tiny things can mean the difference between living at home and living in a nursing home. This fear, coupled with stubborn pride, makes them resist. She currently has 90 companions and needs more. They're helping take care of 285 clients in homes, plus another 1,200 people they visit in nursing homes around the county. The companions have to be more than 60 years of age and low income, but Eugene said most of them do it because they are very much aware that it soon could be them needing help.