Interview done by Ami Allain with Mary Steward on July 26th, 2007. The interview took place at about 11 o'clock am and it took place at the coffee shop The Gathering Place.

Date and Time: 23 July 2007, 2:45 p.m.

Norma and I met in her back yard. She was moving wood when I walked in. For 81 years old, she is in great shape. She is a petite woman with curly gray hair and wore pants that looked like pajamas and a bright...

Sharon and I met at her house and conducted the interview at her kitchen table. I have been staying with her in Lakeview, so we already knew each other pretty well. She wore Capri spandex pants and an oversized...

Date and Time: 23 July 2007, 1:30 pm

My interview with Melvin young takes places in the sun porch of the senior center where he tends to eat the majority of his meals. Melvin has hearing aids in both his ears but surprisingly it seems as though he...

Elvia lives in a large house that looks shabby from the outside, but it is really well main-tained inside – very clean with nice furniture. A few of her kids were home when I arrived, and they entertained...

This interview with Jackie takes place at the elderly foster home. Jackie is the only mentally sane patient left at the nursing home she is 81 yrs old and has been living at the nursing home for 5 yrs. She...

We met at the Commissioner’s office in Lakeview and sat in the hearing room. Ken wore jeans, cowboy boots, and a button-down shirt. He had gray hair that is thinning and he is in good shape. He is soft spoken...

Carol is the process of moving and has many things to do today. We met in the sun porch room of the senior center where she had just finished eating lunch. During this interview I felt like a proctor because...