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Title: the come around every christmas eve...
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Published: Dec 24, 2011
Author: lead.and.lag
Post Date: 2011-12-24 18:15:53 by lead.and.lag
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...and wish everyone "merry christmas"... the old man in a santa suit, the old lady dressed normally, hesitant, faltering, determined

last year they passed out candy canes that tasted funny, this year they didnt pass out anything, and they seemed tired... there's three floors, fifty or sixty roooms all spread out... and ex-hsopital, seems like miles of corridors.

but in the thirty seconds they were at the door, it seemed they'd gone downhill.

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The nursing home that Ann is in had their Christmas party last Tuesday. Santa passed out gift bags to all residents, contained calendars/crackers/small blanket/shampoo/body spray/etc. Lots of happy folks :-)

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   18:25:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

happy folks

you never know what's going on with people, but i got the feeling this old couple were feeling like they'd started something they wish they hadnt, and this year all they wanted to do was get it over with.

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   18:29:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

There's a time to gracefully "retire" from activities that can't be performed any longer, they've reached their limit and should just let younger folks step up to the task. The world will continue to revolve and people fill in the shoes of their elders. At least, that's how it should work and does for the most part.

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   18:34:21 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

seemed to me that the poor old guy was submitting to do-gooder impulses of young people, on the theory that... what?

we shouldnt discourage good impulses, even if they're misguided and intrusive and institutuonalized beyond any human recognition?

i dont know.

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   18:43:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

we shouldnt discouraged good impulses, even if they're misguided and intrusive and institutuonalized beyond any human recognition?

i dont know.

Barring disease/accident, all of us face that future. I don't know either. I just wave and smile and make small talk with the other nursing home residents at the level they are capable of communicating with.

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   18:47:12 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

i guess the worst part of it was, was the stilted conversation with the old guy.

it was a great relief to everyone when we left him in peace.

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   18:57:08 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

it was a great relief to everyone when we left him in peace.

That's all you can do, sometimes.

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   19:04:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

it was a great relief to everyone when we left him in peace.

That's all you can do, sometimes.

IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT WAY

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   19:07:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

What is and what should be is written in the mission statement and operating manuals of the corporation running the nursing homes/Veteran's homes. It's up to family/visitors to fill in the small needs and necessities that corporate does not address. The residents have their rights, including their right to be eccentric to the point that outsiders occasionally find themselves in uncomfortable (to them) circumstances that are encountered in the facilities.

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   19:17:32 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

does it say anywhere in those manuals, "X, grandma shit herself again... clean her up, put clean pants and a clean dress on her, and dont listen to her mumblings about 9/11."?

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   19:22:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Unfortunately, yes, that's how the nurses' aides do their job. Like I said, it's up to family members to fill in the "other necessities", including companionship and visitation.

X-15  posted on  2011-12-24   19:42:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

so you think nurses' aides will do a better job of caring for your Ann than your grandchildren would, assuming you have grandchildren that somehow are still human?

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   19:44:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

these old ladies...

how do you read females, anyhow?

they're sitting on a couch, waiting for something, maybe the bus... i'm slumped against the wall, resigned, calm, teling them i'm a songwriter, and there's lots of 9/11 stuff to write about.

they listen, they dont accuse me of anything, but they seem doubtful.

months later, i go into the common room for some reason... those same social old ladies are there, watching a movie... they are suspiciously friendly.

is there something i should talk to them about?

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   20:41:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

why the fuck is it that people who are incapable of doing anything but thinking are isolated?

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-24   20:50:01 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

why the fuck is it that people who are incapable of doing anything but thinking are isolated?

I've got some real-time experience with nursing home situations. Staff promotes flu-shots/pharmaceuticals and the food served is not the healthiest you'd expect for the money. It has seemed that whenever a resident gets sent to a hospitaal for anything, they return to facility and die very soon after.

CadetD  posted on  2011-12-25   0:07:30 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

it's a good thig that old people are killed before they can pass their wisdom (dubious as it may be) on.

lead.and.lag  posted on  2011-12-25   0:12:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#31. To: lead.and.lag (#26)

before they can pass their wisdom (dubious as it may be) on.

I could go on forever about this topic...the seniors I speak with at my mother's place are mostly veterans or military wives who love the US government. They really do consider selves to be the "Greatest Generation" that defeated Hitler and saved the jews. People who work in that industry are some of the most brain-washed I've ever met. The corporate pc line has trickled down into their mind-set, or should I say mindless-set.

CadetD  posted on  2011-12-25 00:21:02 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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