Caring for Maria

By Robin Hoecker

April 26, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT

Mary Newby, of Hallsville, is one of about 20 million Americans who take care of an elderly parent at home. Her mother, Maria Yaninas, has been living with her and her husband for the past ten years.
During the day, 84 year-old Yaninas reminisces about her youth in Poland, cleans the house and wanders all over Hallsville.

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