COPING WITH CANCER OR CARING FOR MAMÁ
Annete Leal Mattern, 62, a resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, had to make the decision of putting her mother in a nursing home when she turned 80. Annette is a cancer survivor who has been battling the disease for many years and she is the Founder and President of the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Arizona. She could not take on the added stress of caring for her mother, who had cardiac problems that required specialized care.