When his father, who has advanced Parkinson’s disease, lost the ability to live by himself, a California man returned to his childhood home in Ohio, pledging to take care of his father until the end.
Josip Markus, 48, told The Epoch Times: “It was clear that he needed my support. My father said, ‘I would rather go to a funeral home than a nursing home.’”
(Courtesy of Josip Markus and @josipmarkus)
‘He’s Slowly Declining’
In 2006, Josip, the only son of his father, Alojz Markus, was in graduate school when he received a phone call from his dad in tears. Alojz had fallen at work when the left side of his body gave out. Josip rushed home and accompanied his father to numerous doctor’s visits over several months before they received the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease….