Please! Speak Up for Elderly Rights! If not, who will?

I was a CNA for many years. It crushes me how their rights are taken away. There are so many that puts them away and never returns. They have rights and they should be able to speak and be heard.

I read your previous article and agree with you completely. But we've become a "Me First" nation, not teaching our children and grandchildren to respect others. And I hate to say it but senior citizens can be some of the worse offenders. We all will be elderly one day but while we can let's set a good example for others to follow. And I hope the neighbors will allow the assistated living facility and get to know these elderly people who would love to have their friendship.

Oh gosh that article so reminds me of when I downloaded a video clip from Hannity and Colmes where they interviewed this elderly Black man who fought in World War II and there was an effort underway to have his house seized so that a shopping center could be built.

This man fought in World War II and thus earned his right to be able to live out his days at his home, and he pointed out that if the spot where his home was, happened to be needed for a Hospital or a School or a needed Road, he would have no problem giving up his House for those things as he is willing to put the needs of Children and sick people ahead of his own needs in spite of his age and so forth.

But giving up his home for a shopping center, yeah I was like sheesh gimme a break, shopping centers are nice and all but why the heck didn't the developers think of other spots to build one instead of trying to seize that one guys house.

I remember in 1989 when my Parents and I were in the driveway of this one party store that was on the corner of our street and the main road and a man who was I think about 75 years old or something had fallen down, and my Parents got out of the car and they helped him get up off the ground (he would have died for sure had my Parents not helped him).

This man did drive but his car would not start so this one lady who lived in his neighborhood wound up driving him up that way instead, turned out he had forgotten his wallet as well and he wound up counting up the Dimes he had and he was gonna just buy Wine with the Dimes he had instead of also getting a Sandwich as he had planned, but then my Parents were like, hey he needs to eat something so they chipped in on Sandwich and other food for him, and the cashier asked my Parents if that man was their Father or Uncle or something and my Parents said "he's not even related to us at all." and the cashier could not understand why my Parents were even helping this guy out when he was no relation to us at all (well no relation as far as we know).

That incident did teach me a lesson for sure, and yeah it is horrific how there are people who complain about ambulence to elderly assisted living homes.

My Dad served as a Firefighter for years and he use to sometimes go to places where elederly people lived since the Fire Department also does Medical type calls as well (his old Elemetary School got turned into a nursing home believe it or not).

My Dad was once on a call for his old Kindergarten teacher and she had passed away too, and I remember my Dad describing this after having returned from the call, I don't know if she lived in a nursing home herself but the lady was pretty old for sure.

I did before get to work in Nursing Homes not as paid jobs but for job training through the School system, and I noticed there were a lot of elderly people that needed help with a lot of things, and I would be upset if those nursing homes were shut down all because some people don't want to hear Ambulances.

It's a disgrace the way the elderly are treated in this country. If this close down this home, I think they should ban all emergency vehicles from entering the neighborhood. How would the jerks like that?

That's what I was thinking, Bob. If their house is on fire, can they call the fire department?

The Patriot Act is slowly, but surely, taking away our rights, freedoms, and liberties as American citizens. That's how this is happening!

What happened to our Constitutional Rights? If you find out, the rest of us would like to know. It is sad what they do to those of us who are older.

Absolutely on target here. Too many people are thinking of themselves. Good article. Thanks for posting it here.


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This is tragic. People just don't think about the consequences of their action. And it seems to me they often don't think about anyone but themselves.

Thanks Michelle~

Well Michelle, everyone deserves rights. Old people too.

Michelle, I commented above but I didn't go to the article and comment. I'll try to do that now.

Those people should be ashamed of themselves!

I was stopped outside recently by one of my neighbors complaining about the "awful" things that others on the block do. I always thought of myself as a bad neighbor because I don't stop and chat, or even know everyone's name. Now I think maybe I'm not such a bad neighbor because I never even noticed all the things this guy was whining about. I finally told him "try minding your own business... it works for me." So all the seniors are welcome to move in next door to me. If I hear an ambulance, I'll just turn up the TV. ;-)

SO TRUE, THANKS FOR POSTING AND CARING

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I hope everything works out for the elderlys that live there.
I hope that the ones that are bothered by the noise will someday realise that they too maybe be in the same sitsuation.

Excellent article! It's a shame what is happening these days.

It's a simple matter of selfishness and denial. If we live long enough we will all become elderly...THEN we will want our rights! The Bible has it right (as usual) "do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

The really sad deal is most of the elderly I know have always been so independent all their lives and that living as long as they can outside of a nursing home greatly improves their lives....now it does reach a point where they cannot help themselves...assisted living areas are great then when they need to transition into a nursing home it is not as bad. I hated seeing my grandma in the nursing home because she always wanted to leave... no one was capable of caring for her after her strokes. What she taught me is that I need to get in alot better shape so if I need to help my parents I will be more able.

This is amazing. Everyone getss old one day.

Please help raise awareness and promote health and care of all elderly Americans with the dignity and respect they deserve. All who seeks to shed a light upon the broken and corrupt elder care system are asked to support the ER (Elder Rights) Amendment Thank you!

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As my parents get older, I can't help but be concerned with elderly rights issues. Thanks for taking a stand!

I am elderly I guess, and I am all for my rights as such, and when anyone asks why are we losing our constitutional freedoms, I say it is because we are letting them do this to us. And don't look at who is the president, look at the congress, they are the only ones that can write the laws, or change things, then the president can veto if he wants to, but they can over ride that veto. I think young people today need to look at how our constitution was originally and see how much it has changed. In my mind, any change in the constitution should have to be ratified by every state in the nation before it is a permanent change. We have this patriot act, which is supposed to be I believe a temporary thing, but I bet if no one does anything about it will be permanent. Did you ever try to find out from a nursing home , how your aunt or uncle is doing? If you are not a son or daughter, husband or wife, they will not be able to say any thing to you. We need to all think a bit. Worry about who gets that senate seat or that house of representative seat, really know what they stand for. There are people in the senate now, who are behind a lot of what is wrong with this country. President proposes, congress disposes, I can't type that enough, and I do in every one of these questions I come upon, nevermind who the puppet is that is having his or her strings pulled, look out for the puppet master, congress.

It is scary how little this generation cares about others especially their parents as they grow older. My parents are elderly and I worry about them constantly. The america we live in today does not seem to care about the elderly and this does not seem to be something that will change in the future as we become one of them.

I did go there and comment Michelle. You are so right. It is amazing what goes on in rehabs and what people don't know. I am happy to see that you are trying to make people aware and I think you have found a good cause! You Go Girl!!!

I just read the article, and left a comment.

I think it is very sad that people are fighting against this home rather than trying to help it.
This couple is doing a great thing for these elderly, and I just hope that they are able to get the right permits, and licenses to be able to continue what they have started in these homes.

I finally got to put a comment there. I had to delete a few initial thoughts I typed out....but I did manage a G rated version.............

This makes me so angry. I have always wanted to become a nurse, specializing in geriatrics because I enjoy working with the elderly. I used to spend summers when I was younger volunteering in a nursing home because I enjoyed elderly so much. I just don't understand the way people think sometimes. I am going to go leave my comments about this.

Elderly People Have Right To-People Should Recognize That!

i signed up to comment michelle but it will not allow me to,it says i haven't completed sign up process,but i have-ill keep trying

i tried,it will not let me

America wants the elderly to die, because of the mess they did with social security. They have no respect for the elderly at all. It's so sad. Great posting.

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Michelle - this was my comment.....

This is such a travesty. The elderly deserve all the respect in the world. What this man is trying to do is give these people a little respect and a nice place to live in their final years. The government needs to stop stonewalling their efforts to try to get all up to code. These neighbors are rich, stuck-up jerks who are only thinking of themselves. An ambulance can be heard in any neighborhood for any number of reasons. I live in an upper scale neighborhood and we have ambulances that arrive in our neighborhood upon occasion too. I don't automatically presume that it must be an elderly resident in my neighborhood. That's just ludicrous. These neighbors need to learn compassion and neighborly love. These homes are an excellent place and alternative to the state run facilities that are out there today. I applaud the owners for their efforts and ask that they continue their efforts to make this a continued reality for these seniors. Neighbors, get a life. Government, get with it and stop blocking these people and do what's right!!!

My belief is that we are in for even more problems associated with the elderly especially where their cival rights are concerned. Some one needs to "wake the people".

There was an article recently in the papers about this and it has been in the news to

I believe i will go comment! I used to work in nursing homes. People should respect their elders! Not shove them away somewhere where they won't be a bother. That is freaking ridiculous. We leave near the airforce base and get woken with the bugles EVERY morning but does that mean we want to get rid of our military base? NO same thing in my opinion. These are people with feelings and some great stories if you take the time to sit and listen (i worked in nursing homes for years). If you are annoyed by ambulance sirens then MOVE, MOVE far far away out into the country! That is my opinion!

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