 At 8 minutes past 10, time for the Sears Radio Theatre. And we invite you to stay tuned for Sears Radio Theatre. Today you'll hear a story involving the human emotions with your hostess, Cicely Tyson. Peter Leeds and Linda K. Henning Starr as a young couple. They must do battle with governmental bureaucracies, a guardian and relatives as they try to find a suitable rest home for two elderly ladies. Listen for This Home Is Dissolved. Sears Radio Theatre will begin after this message from your local station. Harry, why are you wearing that silly hat? Because we're going to the Washington's birthday party at W&J Sloan's. And here's a hat for you too. Harry, you mean a Washington's birthday sale, not a party? No, at Sloan's, it's a savings party. Here, look at these fabulous values. Hundred and Seen One Bedroom, 20% off. And a Quilted Print Loose Pillowbacked Sofa Love Seat Combo, just $600. Look, all handmade area rugs, 30% off. And a Velvet Swivel Chair, only $150. 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What they need is round the clock supervision. It would reduce the danger if somebody cooked their meals. Mrs. Dodge, may I explain further? These ladies can no longer reason for themselves. Their problems go far beyond the mere cooking of meals. But unless they have something physically wrong with them. What has to be wrong with them? Well, a debilitating illness. Do we have to wait for one of them to fall down a flight of stairs or suffocate the other tenants with gas fumes? Isn't there any procedure for this kind of situation? Well, I really don't know. Yes, Amelia does. But I don't think she's seen him more than twice in the past 15 years. Oh, they have a closet full of toasters and radios, which he sends them every Christmas. Oh, gosh. All right, Mrs. Dodge. I'll speak with them about it. But what I would like to do is to find some agency to take the matter in hand. Good-bye. Good-bye. What are we going to do? Continue making inquiries, I guess. Institutional law is complicated because the older the sisters are, Amelia, possessed a bank account of nearly $40,000 with accepting privately paying resident would accept someone relying solely on government. We were determined to keep the sisters together. At that time, I tried to enlist the help of the sisters' friends. I don't know what they've been eating the past few days for pork chops. Well, the sisters have really been losing their grip on reality these past couple of months. And Louise and I feel it's time for them to go into a rest home. Louise, it would be safer for you if we, well, if you went to live in a rest home, I will find a nice place where there'll be people to help you. Off the track, August, I am not denying that Anna and Amelia keep a neat home. I just don't... His mother got knocked down on the... Honey, let me tell you something I found out. What? When August had his back to me in the kitchen, I noticed a couple of bank books lying out of curiosity. I peeked into them and saw his name typed in as co-signature on both of their accounts. I wonder if that has something to do with his wanting them to stay right where they are. They certainly do indeed. If nobody is willing to help, I'll just move them myself into the first vacancy I find. You make it legal! I called the psychiatric ward and they referred me to the mental health clinic. A Mr. Abel called upon the sisters, told us he understood the urgency of the problem, and promised to file a petition of the incompetency with the court and to contact us in a few days. A week passed and we didn't hear from Mr. Abel. My wife decided bureaucracy, and I was becoming increasingly angry. From the downstairs doorbell rang, I called to my wife, I had an intuition who it might be, and peering through the curtain, my intuition was confirmed. There stood Anna and Amelia, their pocket books hanging open, fumbling with the door handle. I raced back upstairs. 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Why is it that people think that paintings of sad-eyed cats make for a cheerful environment? Our people are free as we provide or play cards or do pretty much anything they want. Now if you'll just follow me. Looks like everyone is submitted to the TV. What do you mean? That's a mystery. I'm here during the day and I have a girl come in during the afternoon and another girl stays here all night old. And of course we have someone in to cook me. Here's the kitchen. Step in, look around if you like. Old wise that you said your ladies are. One is not yours brought to them. Most of our people take their meals in their rooms. Probably not. They're up in the kitchen. I'm not sure we can work it out. Oh, no. They get up and down. Of course if they don't want to go down for their ambulatory. Are there any problems? We call Dr. Jackson. Does he make regular visits? Every other month. That's not very often. These are all his patients. You see, he knows the medical history of each. Telling you about it's already. Anytime your ladies would like to move in. I'd like to take a look at the view. By all three growing there. They see. Ah, yes. Understand from what you told me on the phone that one of the sisters received supplementary social security and that the other would be a privately paying resident. That's correct. Mrs. Smith, we have other homes to visit today so we won't be making a commitment yet. Oh, surely. I'd like to show you the upstairs. Keep this door locked at all times. Security if I don't want anybody wandering out onto our porch here. Down below you see our backyard. It doesn't look like anybody uses it. We have a little cook out here from time to time. Everyone loves it. Shall we go back downstairs? Well, you can't do much with my mother. She's a... You can talk to me tomorrow. I'll be here until then. It might have something to do with Amelia's considerable bank account. Obviously this money would be eaten away if she went into a rest home. Soon afterwards, we had a stroke of good fortune. I contacted the mental health worker. We found two vacancies at the Briggs home. We'll put them in there ourselves. The desire that he wants them to stay there so he doesn't have to share Amelia's bank book with anyone. Louise even spoke to Amelia's son yesterday but he couldn't care less and help us put them into the Briggs home. See, we had hard enough time... Keep on it and work things out tomorrow. Please. Oh, what if you went off to college and found that you were different from everyone else and everything was designed for them, not for you? Suppose you went to the library and all the books you needed were in Braille and you were the only one who couldn't read. You'd feel left out, wouldn't you? And what if you went to class and found that there were no chairs and all the other students rolled in with their own wheelchairs? 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That has to do with their inability to continue living on their own. Tony, write the note. We can't go on arguing. You see? We have to go. Come on, Louie. He wants the ladies to stay here forever so he can keep his hands on their money. I had indicated an urge for very good care of you. That's right. We'll get along just fine. Would you like any more coffee, Anna? Oh, Amelia? It would be much better for them. Tomorrow you can return with their personal belongings. Oh, she's going to have a harder time of it than her sister. Love our new Kenmore microwave oven from Sears. I can cook a five pound roast medium or three strips of bacon in three and a half minutes on a paper plate. Bake two potatoes in eight minutes with vegetables faster than boiling them in water. That means less time in the kitchen. And more with you. Vast clean, cool cooking with Sears Kenmore microwave ovens, all with automatic defrost. 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