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English Placement Assessment
Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment

Arlene M. Dunmyer
Allied American University
June 24, 2014

Author Note This paper was prepared on June 24, 2014 for English Placement Assessment, Describe Your Most Memorable Day Essay Assignment
April 30, 2011 will be a date forever forged into my memory. This date of the resolution to a long tragic story.
The characters of the story are all members of my family and no one member suffered more than my father in law, Raymond and perhaps his wife Harriet.
Nearly 20 years ago, Raymond received severe head trauma from a car accident which left him in a coma for nearly a month. Eventually, Raymond recovered but he had difficulty, especially with his memory. Harriet becomes Raymond’s primary caregiver.
Harriet’s health began to decline over the years eventually suffering a stroke and a broken hip requiring her placement in skilled nursing home.
The family found themselves trying to determine what arrangements their mother had made for her care as well as Raymond’s. They found that she neglected to address any of their affairs; no powers of attorney, no living wills, no wills and very small nest egg.
It was not long after Harriet placement in the home that Raymond is placed the dementia ward of the same facility as Harriet. Because of the lack of planning Raymond’s son had to be declared is father’s legal guardian by the Courts.
Although the nursing home claimed the fourth floor was a dementia unit, it was little more than a limited access skilled nursing unit. Patients were permitted to wander the ward with little or no supervision. The family was not happy about the situation but with limited financial resources there was no choice.
On February 28th, 2011, Raymond was wandering the halls of the unit, one can only surmise what occurred next. According to a subsequent state investigation, the wing was left unsupervised. An amputee

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