For one mom, Ada, 98, the idea that her son needed help meant there was no question of her not helping him. The most special thing about it? Her son is 80-years-old himself.
Last year, Ada moved into the Moss View Care Center in Liverpool, UK, not because she needed assisted living, but because she wanted to care for her eldest son.
Tom Keating was the oldest of Ada’s four children and had taken up residency in Moss View a year before Ada moved in. He had lived with his mother most of his life, so the pair were well used to living with each other.
As a result, Ada saw it as an obvious course that she followed suit and took a room in Moss View herself.
According to Philip Daniels, the manager at Moss View: “It is very rare to see mothers and their children together in the same care home and we really want to make their time together as special as possible.”
Tom’s two living siblings – his sisters Barbara and Margi – visit the retirement home as often as possible, while Tom and Ada spend their days playing board games and watching their favorite soap opera, the British show “Emmerdale”.
“It’s very touching to see the close relationship between Tom and Ada and we are very happy to have been able to meet both of their needs,” Philip said.
What a sweet tale of motherly love that truly knows no bounds!
Is this something you would do if you were lucky enough to live so long?
