Show 'l:Tx v - r" v ' ' ' ' - V r : ' i - W " Cl 0— The HeraW Jpumal Logan Utah’ Tuesday April 13 2004 m ’ ‘4 L arose© be a pie6e of cake" she sa& What she found when she returned from Hawaii' was a ' nasty surprise Her parents’ savings had dwindled from ' $70000 a decade earlier to ' DES MOINES Iowa (AP) — For Sue Johnson things were never supposed tobe this way' She grew up in aneat frame house on the west i fringe of Des Moines and left " iii 1970 to make her own Way j She raised a family made a life of her own in Hawaii and figured that her later yedra ' would find her there With her 'children and grandchildren But her mother's deatji from " caricer brought her back to the Tittle house in Des Moines to care for an elderly blind ' father who was becoming increasingly frail plagued by drthritis and heart problems One of the biggest health issues facing America's aging population is not planning for the potential of a health care crisis and being forced to make decisions about long- term care on the fly “It's the story of my life” ' Johnson said She had often questioned her parents about their plans for the future and was assured that she needn’t worry “I was thinking that everything was ' fine that they were set up for the future” she said “Whenever I asked about finances they said everything was fine 'l ' - andit was none of my ness” ' busi- - Doctor Cl embraces the role “The country doctor must not be from the bottom of the class but must be from the top of the class He must exercise impeccable judgment” ' Boyette had some idea of what he would be taking on when residents of Belhaven began to recruit him to sue? cecd their aging doctor He grew up in Chadbourn a similarly sized town about 45 miles west of Wilmington in southeast North Carolina where his family operated a country store He left in 1953 with an academic scholarship ' J abbut $2000 the same amoupt her father owed in property taxes after dipping into the savings to care for her mother AARP surveyed 1000 Iowahs SO and older and focu4 groups with consumers and health care providers Half said they would rather do care than without long-terseek assistance in obtaining care That way of thinking often leads many to avoid making any plans for care during their frail elderly years a growing problem with a population that is living far longer than in the past said Mark Havertand head of the Departmeni'of Elder Affairs “We’re in huge denial about this” said Havertand “Peo- pie tend to age without mak- ing plans” Sixty-eigpercent were confident they could afford the cost of long-tercare The cost of a nursing home typically runs from $25000 to $40000 per year while home care is estimated to cost $12000 to $15000 per year “A majority of Iowans mistakenly believe that Medicare Johnson was forced tomake a v decision A younger sister in Waukee had young children and couldn't be a caretaker “It sort of fell to me” she V ' i: said She gave up her $30000 a year job as a YMCA preschool coordinator and moved back home her daughter in tow to take on the full-tiresponsibilities Her son stayed behind at the University of Hawaii With the financial settlement from her divorce and a badly reduced pension because she left her job early Johnson struggles daily to make ends meet for the familyand more importantly for her father She chose not to put him into an assisted living community1 “I just want to try to make things comfortable for him” die said “Being home is the best thing for my dad” Last month her father fell and broke his hip He had surgery and is recuperating at a hospital Johnson had planned to in attend a family Las Vegas for the holidays but she was forced to stay behind to care for her father It would have been the first time she'd meet two of her grandchildren but that will have to come another day she said were flooded David Faries a spokesman for Staff Care and one of five people who helped select Boyette for the award said that in addition to medical acumen and public service Boyette displays a charitable spirit Wilkins recalls his boss sending an employee to fetch a new cat for a sick patient whose own cat had just died He remembers Boyette buying clothes and shoes for a pair of poor children who came to his office ‘Touches like that” Faries siud “recognizing the humanity of a patient that's what missing in health care” Happenings m - rd ht m to the University of North ' Carolina at Chapel Hill He graduated in 1957 and then began medical school at UNC Boyette has been tireless since hie finished school “When you ook at what that man’s done in town : it’s pretty amazing” said Town Manager Tim Johnson “Everything is possible with : him” After Hurricane Floyd in ' 1999 flooded hundreds of homes Boyette helped spearhead a project that rebuilt or elevated about 360 houses in During Hurricane Isabel in September just 15 homes Am 13 - 15'HOriK 40753-190- S30oT CHILDREN S200 9450 North jmLwMValWs7 Luxurf9m I)inconnt BGREAT SEATS latw GREAT ‘ GREAT ro-ia- SOUNDH ro-iAlqmo 1:90 LORD OF THE RINGS: M1UMOF1WKMr-- Daily Hlbor l KUitinpes All Seats S 200- 40 00 ' 4 9:25 1:30 4:30 7:05 Oil'S " wsioM 705 1:30 4:13 - ' 9lOS IKdolgo so-' 1:10 7:00 Janay Girl i 4:25 ' ii i MOVIE MOTUN ' Opca Daily 3sS MBflWWeiHI B7ilSa AilaMtal 12tf £1 MWOliQ ' lonnuMcnaeiou Saturday 11S nnsroMBfus ' : mma - 913 ‘Clue’at MCHS Mountain Crest High School drama department presents “Clue" at 6:30 pm Friday in the Main h o ' : 5 C O'M M & StodJum 8 Y C I U T U ' I - E r- - I D C U A ' ’ ' ' !' 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