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Regarding the Meeting’s support of personal and family relations, Friends’ replies have been varied: one mentions that the support of a clearness committee provided critical support during a crisis. Another notes that more input from those needing help would be desirable. Another comments that he/she did not feel corporate care, and that individual care and responsiveness seemed fragile and unplanned. It has been mentioned that we could increase comfort for the elderly, …that many elderly are sensitive to the cold and would appreciate well-padded comfortable chairs in the common room…that we should encourage people to speak up loudly, although the headphones help.

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Phyllis Guyre Jones died November 24, 2009, after a prolonged struggle with multiple myeloma. Her indomitable spirit refused to let this disease slow her down until very near the end. She chose to spend her final days at home, where she passed quietly among familiar surroundings, under the care of her gathered family.

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My Happy Song… a poem by Eleanor Wilson, age 95, VMM Friend

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