Börje Salming died of ALS.
Ice hockey legend Börje Salming died in November, exhausted by the ALS disease. He was 71 years old when he passed away.
He was cared for at the family home mostly after the diagnosis. His daughter Bianca Salming describes that time as terrible and very strange.
– I thought that Swedish health care is the best ever and much better than in other countries. But it was a shock to me that many things didn’t work the way they should have, Bianca Salming said For the Swedish public broadcasting company.
Bianca Salming, 24, competes in the track and field heptathlon.
He remembers wondering how they would cope with Börje’s medication.
– I spent a lot of time with my father’s wife Soon at home and we often said how can we do all this. Crush his medicine and put it in a tube. It shouldn’t be something we’re not sure we’re doing right, he continued.
Börje Salming was registered in Nacka municipality, whose care manager Helena Lindenius has explained that families or people cannot get support based on a single diagnosis.
Expressen’s according to the law, people over 65 cannot apply for personal assistance, but for home care.
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Bianca Salming competes in the heptathlon. PDO
The last moments
In February, Börje Salming’s wife Pia Salming told Aftonbladet about the last moments of the hockey legend.
In November, Börje traveled to the Toronto Maple Leafs and dropped the starting puck. After that, he took part in the Swedish hockey gala.
It was Börje Salming’s last public appearance.
– He used his last strength that evening. It showed his delicacy as a person, when he is so sick, he gathered his last strength and was there, says Pia Salming Aftonbladet in the interview.
Börje spent his last moments with his family.
– I don’t want to talk about it (about the last day). We want it to be private between the family. But he didn’t suffer, that much I can tell. We were all together.
Börje Salming’s last public appearance was the hockey gala in Stockholm. PDO