ABSTRACT
Bernadette is one of a subgroup of elderly women living in the care facility sites the author visited who have devoted their lives to their orders and their mission. Two other residents also described the loss of community as a form of suffering they experienced in the transition to life in the care facility. Virginia' accounts reveal the depth of her spiritual suffering beyond any suffering associated with disease process. In trying to understand better what she was experiencing, the author asked her if she was struggling with a loss of meaning. Josephina's generous Maternal praxes survive her illness and disabilities in her frail, seriously ill state. She continues her supportive role in manifest and non-manifest ways from her wheelchair: The author is always supportive of his daughter. The relation between Josephina and her daughter is defined by the moral claims embedded in and originating in the Maternal Ground. Josephina' involvement in medication decisions is an area fraught with conflict.
