Yes when she told me about it I asked how often he gets out and about…she said he still goes to the head office of his business (10 miles or so) to work most days, driving himself there and back.
That confused me! I asked then why does he need a permanent caregiver onsite and she said he has health issues at unpredictable times. Due to confidentiality laws she didn’t say what but indications are he has many years ahead of him still. It just makes him and his family more comfortable knowing that should something happen she is just a few hundred feet away and could render aid almost immediately.
What makes it even odder is that they are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. He is very hard right and she is very hard left. Yet they have come to respect each other and get along. I think it is a great thing. They have given each other insight into how they got to their perspectives through the paths they’ve traveled.