{"id":30443,"date":"2017-11-03T14:03:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=30443"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:49:22","slug":"ada-keating-98-moved-into-a-care-home-to-look-after-her-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/ada-keating-98-moved-into-a-care-home-to-look-after-her-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Ada Keating, 98, moved into a care home to look after her son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ada Keating<\/strong>, a mother aged of 98 <strong>moved into a care home to look after her 80-year-old son, Tom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-30445 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ada-Keating-and-her-son-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ada-Keating-and-her-son-1.png 748w, https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ada-Keating-and-her-son-1-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The story of a woman and her son<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tom Keating<\/strong> has never married and has always lived with his mother <strong>Ada Keating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He became a resident at Moss View care home in Huyton in 2016, next to Liverpool, because <strong>he needed more care and support<\/strong>. Just over a year later, his mum decided to move into the same home to help look after her eldest child.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Care home manager <strong>Philip Daniels said<\/strong>: <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s very touching to see the close relationship both Tom and Ada share and we are so pleased we were able to accommodate both of their needs.\u00a0It&#8217;s very rare to see mothers and their children together in the same care home and we certainly want to make their time together as special as possible&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mother and son are inseparable and love spending time together.<\/strong> <em>&#8220;You never stop being a mum&#8221;<\/em> explained Ada. Mr Keating, who was a painter and decorator, said he was happy to have his mother at the care home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Read also:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/when-an-animal-shelter-needed-extra-hands-they-turned-to-a-senior-care-facility-for-help-in-arizona\/\">When an animal shelter needed extra hands, they turned to a senior care facility for help in Arizona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ada Keating, a mother aged of 98 moved into a care home to look after her 80-year-old son, 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