Tag: elderly
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October 23, 2006 10:58 PM EDT --
I heard this joke on the radio the other day while driving and I couldn't stop to write it down, so I am going to attempt to retell this as I remember it going.
Two ladies, Hilda and Bessie, were . . .
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November 14, 2008 06:01 PM EST --
It is outrages how some of our Eldery are being treated.
Courtesy of wbal
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July 25, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
I have the pleasure of having lunch 3 days a week with a wonderful 92 year-old lady. As a part of her care plan, I have my lunch with her. If left on her own she doesn't . . .
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November 14, 2007 10:33 PM EST --
Today in class, a woman read us an account by an elderly lady that totally made me see things differently. It was written like a diary. Essentially, the woman in the story was probably in her 80's . . .
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November 23, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
My mother is 86 and lives in Florida. I live in Oklahoma. I can't get her to move here as she has a boyfriend and won't leave him. Well, he left her for another woman, and she whines . . .
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February 20, 2008 05:20 PM EST --
Someone posted a funny story about a would-be pickpocket sticking his hand into a dirty diaper she'd put in her purse (to be disposed of when she had the chance). This got me thinking.
You know . . .
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November 22, 2008 02:05 PM EST --
As many of you know, I have a 99 year old neighbor. I will call her Grandmother. She has slowed down quite a bit in the last two years. She uses a walker to get around and is mentally alert. . . .
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March 30, 2009 07:13 AM EDT --
This is so sad, how can someone be so heartless????
(CNN) -- A man shot and killed seven patients and a nurse at a Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home Sunday before being wounded during . . .
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April 03, 2009 03:44 PM EDT --
An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy patrolling an area known for prostitution and narcotic sales stopped a car driven by an elderly white male on March 25.
There was a middle-aged female . . .
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September 06, 2009 05:49 PM EDT --
Just when you have lost faith in human kindness, someone who teaches at Kean Elementary School in Virginia forwarded the following letter.
The letter was sent to the Principal's office after . . .
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September 25, 2009 05:43 PM EDT --
Some of you know that my mother is dealing with dementia. It seems to be rapidly progressing, and we have been dealing with doctors, specialists, Protective Services, care workers, assisted living . . .
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November 08, 2009 09:34 PM EST --
My MIL had another bad day with in turn made it bad for us. When she got up I thought the day was going good, I got her in the kitchen for coffee and then breakfast. She then washed off and I helped her . . .
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November 25, 2009 09:43 AM EST --
Ecclesiastes 3:2
We have no choice in when we will draw our first breath, yet we come into this world small, fragile and helpless with a mission set out before us for many years. Our parents . . .
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December 01, 2006 11:11 PM EST --
I got this from an email and it touched my heart.. I wanted to share it!
When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near . . .
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November 30, 2007 01:28 PM EST --
Dear folks, friends, fans and family:
Thursday. Yesterday. My heart was split in many places. My blood pressure soared. Here is the story: We have an elderly neighbor . . .
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October 15, 2009 11:04 AM EDT --
Well these past two days have been "stressful" to say the least. She will be sitting here in her recliner and be so quiet that it scares me a little and then she will start sort of ringing her hands . . .
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December 13, 2006 05:20 PM EST --
I was moved by the simplest act the other day.
I was driving home from work, making the windy crawl through a residential area. Ahead of me, an old man wobbled forward in the direction I was driving. . . .
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December 07, 2007 06:11 PM EST --
Does size matter, when it comes to homes? Does the size of the home matter when it comes to being comfortable? We lived in a 10X50 trailer for the first 20 years of our marriage. We raised both our daughters . . .
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July 29, 2008 07:19 PM EDT --
Dawn's question on whether we believe in the death penalty prompted me to share the front page from our newspaper today.
http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/buhlercase
I was so glad to see . . .
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November 13, 2008 10:44 PM EST --
There are many obstacles in life we can avoid, growing old is not one of them. The elderly have many lessons to share with us. Not all of us look upon growing old as a positive thing. . . .
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