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At an old brown piano, an old man sits. His fingers deliberately strike the keys to a song he learned long ago. To his right, another "client" sings with the voice of someone who doesn't just remember the words but knows them deep in her soul.
For twenty-seven years the center has been serving Dorchester and Mattapan residents. With three nurses, a social worker, three activities directors, and an administrative assistant, the staff at the clinic have been working with the elderly and disabled, bringing independence and excitement to their lives. With their success in the community, they have reaped some rewards as well.
Last month, the center, in conjunction with the Boston Medical Center and Trinity Financial, broke ground on a new facility that they hope to move into by the spring of 2008. Although it will be the same size as the present space, it will provide increased privacy for guests to speak with doctors and social workers.
Each day the center provides a space for up to 42 'clients,' as the staff refers to their elderly guests. Typically, the center operates just below capacity. Some clients come only a couple days a week; some everyday.
When the clients arrive each morning, nurses go through their files and plan any medication for the day. The rest of the schedule is a combination of group time and free time. Program directors lead group discussions with the elderly ranging from subjects such as the state of the union to the New England Patriots.
Administrators are quick to point out the double benefit of adult day facilities. Because it is not an overnight facility, medical costs to the state and private health care providers are dramatically reduced. The center also provides a sense of rhythm to the clients. When they wake in the morning, they have a destination, friends, activities, and a purpose, which many elderly in residential nursing facilities lose.
"This is the lynchpin between keeping somebody at home and not in a nursing program," Darlene Bowman, the social worker at the center said. "It's a good investment and helps individuals stay independent."
While some clients eventually must move to twenty-four hour facilities, the staff at the center tries to keep their clients as independent as possible. Besides health crises, the dizzying array of bills and health care services are major factors, which lead to the elderly losing their independence. At the center, Bowman works with the clients to ensure that paperwork doesn't overwhelm them.
While the center focuses on elderly care, there are some clients, who have either suffered strokes or other debilitating illnesses and are much younger. The oldest client, Ophelia Jackson, will turn 96 in June and has been coming to the center since 2003.
With a wheelchair that seems more like a throne and a burgundy hat that seems more like a crown, Jackson seems as independent as a queen. It's hard not to think that the staff of the Mattapan Adult Day Health Program doesn't have something to do with that.
The day Nelson Mandela came to Uganda in 1991, we lined up to welcomehim along the streets under the bottlebrush trees of the InternationalConference Centre, like bouquets on display. It rained heavily thatafternoon, sweeping away the burgundy dust that usually covered thestreets. We stood shivering along the sidewalk, without sweaters becausethe teachers ordered us to appear smart, and sweaters would hide ourschool badges. We waited for three hours in the cold for the Africanhero. When his convoy passed, he waved at us, and we shouted inexcitement, our voices sounding louder than the police sirens thatescorted his convoy. He hadn't noticed our badges.
When he appeared in Naboro's life the day he was pardoned, her motheronly said: "You were born nine months after he was taken away. It wasthe beginning of the end of my life." She went right on stitching aclient's dress.
Later, Naboro hunted for family pictures of him, looking for a threadto connect her to this man she was supposed to call father but couldn'tform the word. There were gaps in the family albums where his picturesshould have been.
Naboro sat on her bed, not knowing what to say. She felt herheartbeat quicken. She still felt uncomfortable around him. Their eyesmet. He looked at her like he was searching for something he had leftbehind when he was arrested 25 years ago. She involuntarily dropped hergaze and heard his hollow sigh. He took to sighing each time he lookedat her. When she looked up, she met his eyes still resting on herregretfully. Her gaze, in turn, searched for something that mightconnect them. Something that might make this awkwardness between themlighter. She moved a little on her spring bed, wringing her hands. Therewas nothing to say. If she wanted to talk, she wouldn't know where orhow to start. That she despised him? That he should have refused thepardon and stayed in the prison like the other men had done? That theirlives were running smoothly until he interrupted the embroidery of peacethey had woven around themselves?
The spring bed sunk in as he sat down beside her. She held herbreath. She had lived without a father in her life and couldn't react tothis one. She noticed her mother anxiously stealing glances in herdirection. And she sensed her discomfort. For her mother, he could havebeen the one love of her life. For her? He was the missing carddiscovered too late at the end of the game.
Nasser prohibited the wearing of slippers/anyone wearing slipperswas like one who wore a mini/and had to be punished/Nasser made them eatthe slippers they wore/He burnt them with melting jerry cans/
Naboro was the last of the children. She was born after the '79 coup.He hadn't known about her until the day Zahara, his wife, took her tothe prison. Naboro was, in some ways, the most important of them all;she was the girl he had always longed for after a parade of boys.
He held the picture in his hands and studied the chubby face thatsmiled at him. Those glittering eyes made him forget everything. Theymade him realize his loss, and they eventually started haunting him. Heprayed for another day to see his daughter, hoping that God would pardonhim. And when his prayers were answered, he signed his pardon paperswithout hesitation. He knew his time in this life was winding down, andhe could not afford the indulgence of saying NO to the MAN. He walkedout of confinement, leaving his mates behind and trading 25 years for afew months with his only daughter.
As he sat on the bed she had suddenly left, emptiness engulfed him.He thought of his life in confinement with nostalgia. Perhaps he hopedfor too much. Perhaps he should never have returned. Perhaps the charadeshould have continued. But he knew he couldn't handle prison any longer.He stopped handling it when the doctor told him about the malignant cystgrowing on his liver. He counted his time and wanted to make peace witheveryone; mostly, he wanted to reconcile with his daughter. If he couldearn her forgiveness, then he would die at peace with the world. That iswhy he blindly signed the pardon papers the day his lawyer waved thembefore him. He agreed to the conditions of his release: holding pressconferences to praise the MAN and not commenting on the political scene.He signed away his voice and opinions. None of this mattered anymore.All that filled his mind was little Naboro. But was coming home theright thing to do?
Naboro rapped impatiently on the wooden door. She needed to talk toSammy about the latest events at home. She crossed her hands and bit herlip, desperate for him to appear. Sammy lived in one of those houses inthe new commercially-operated neighborhoods, the ones equipped with fullamenities. The inhabitants didn't have to go into town to purchaseanything; everything was within arm's reach.
A groggy-eyed Sammy, wearing only shorts, finally opened the door.Naboro squeezed past him, sauntering into the living room and throwing asullen hullo over her shoulder. He shut the door behind her.Romeo, his Maltese, bounded over. She stroked his head briskly andpushed him away before collapsing on the green leather settee.
Sammy called Romeo and led him to the kitchen, locking the door. Thedog started scratching the door and whining. Sammy walked to thecabinet, retrieved glasses and a bottle of Waragi, which he set beforeNaboro on the tinted coffee table. He went to the kitchen and returnedwith two cans of Coke and a glass of ice cubes.
"These feelings are unnatural. Do you know what it's like looking himin the eyes and remembering the pictures in the papers? I'm terrified ofhaving the same bad streak in me." She paused. "You know, it was easierdreaming about him. My mother kept the secret well."
"It was okay singing the song about him when I didn't know it washim. Now it creates a knot around my heart; I feel my breath being cutoff." She sighed, picking up the remote and switching on the television.Sammy took that as a cue that their conversation was over.
Nasser raised his hand and slapped Naboro hard. She landed on the redpolished, cemented floor. The slap resounded in the room. His hand hurt,and he turned away. He hadn't meant to hurt her. He only wanted to talkto her, to make her see that she was wrong. He only wanted to assert hisplace as a father-figure in her life. But she was disrespectful. She wasspoiled. She dared to answer back defiantly. She made him dothis.
As Naboro stood up slowly and tottered to her room, he felt somethingtear at his heart. Nasser was a crushed man. For the umpteenth time thatday, he asked himself whether accepting the pardon was the right thingto do. After all, he had adjusted to life in detention and felt happy.Almost happy. He had resigned himself to his fate and moved on with hislife. Now, back in the free world, he couldn't even manage something asbasic as parenting. Perhaps he had rushed his decision; perhaps it was foolish. No, he made the right decision, he told himself. Things had towork out within the limited time he had left.
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