'Getting Rid of Our Own': an MPTF Victim's Story
October, 20, 2009 12:08 pm | On #Motion Picture & Television Fund, MPTFI am writing this story about my mother, to let everyone who still has a loved one in longterm care know what they may expect when the Motion Picture & Televsion Fund makes final evictions to clear the premise.
My Mother, Ana, was in the fund's longterm care center in January when the evictions were first announced. My dad, Bill (a retired property master), is also a resident and in good health. He would spend many hours every day visiting her.
The fear he felt when he learned she would have to leave him was overwhelming. (Read also Steven Mikulan on the Kafka-esque Twilight at the MPTF.) He reacted by desperately encouraging her to...
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Scott Wainess has worked in the manufacturing industry for 30 years, in technical and management positions. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Northridge, and lives in Santa Clarita. He is married with one son, and one grandson.
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