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Michigan man, 90, dresses like Santa to bring Christmas to wife in nursing home
In this Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 photo, Don West, 90, leans in to kiss his wife Jackie goodnight at Golden Days II Adult Foster Care in Charlotte following a Christmas party for residents and staff at the home. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)
"CHARLOTTE, Mich. -- A 90-year-old Michigan man dressed up as Santa and brought Christmas to a local nursing home so his wife of six decades could celebrate the holidays.
Don West was at his wife's bedside as a guitarist strummed along during a holiday party at Golden Days II Adult Foster Care in Charlotte. His 86-year-old wife, Jackie, has been living at the home since she suffered her first stroke last year.
"I know there's going to be an end to it. I know that. And I'm prepared for that because I've had good times right now," Don West told the Lansing State Journal. "Every day, I can tell her I love her, and she knows I'm talking and she responds. We communicate with hands and eyes."
In this Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 photo, Don West, 90, leans in to kiss his wife Jackie goodnight at Golden Days II Adult Foster Care in Charlotte following a Christmas party for residents and staff at the home. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)
"CHARLOTTE, Mich. -- A 90-year-old Michigan man dressed up as Santa and brought Christmas to a local nursing home so his wife of six decades could celebrate the holidays.
Don West was at his wife's bedside as a guitarist strummed along during a holiday party at Golden Days II Adult Foster Care in Charlotte. His 86-year-old wife, Jackie, has been living at the home since she suffered her first stroke last year.
"I know there's going to be an end to it. I know that. And I'm prepared for that because I've had good times right now," Don West told the Lansing State Journal. "Every day, I can tell her I love her, and she knows I'm talking and she responds. We communicate with hands and eyes."
