87-Year-Old Woman Replaces Her Caregiver with a Tattooed Biker—What Happened Next Shocked Everyone.

When 87-year-old Dorothy Mitchell fired her home care nurse and hired a tattooed biker instead, her children threatened to declare her incompetent. I live across the hall, and I watched the entire drama unfold from my window. What they didn’t know—what no one knew but me—was the reason behind her choice.

Dorothy has lived in apartment 4B for forty-three years. Her husband, George, passed away in 2003. Her three grown children live in different states and visit maybe twice a year. She suffers from Parkinson’s, osteoporosis, and a loneliness that penetrates deep into your bones.

I moved into 4A two years ago. I’m a journalist working from home, and I started noticing patterns. The home care agency rotated nurses constantly. They fed her, bathed her, handed over her medications, and left. Dorothy tried to connect, but they were there to do a job, not to listen.

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