Sunday, June 30, 2019

Ohio Nursing Home

Millie, 94-years-old goes down a Slip and Slide with the help of a nurse, therapist and another staff member as part of the Senior Health and Wellness Day event. Thirty of the facility's 98 residents participated. The youngest is 62.

That means 68 residents were bumming out.

So it's not just Millie although the video makes it look that way.

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Oh man. Now I'm bummed out about those 68 residents who didn't join them. 

They're probably too old to have fun.

"Hey, Mr. Palmeter, do you want to go outside and do the Slip and Slide?"

     "What?"

"Do you want to go outside and do the Slip and Slide?"

     "Huh?"

"Do you want to go outside and do the Slip and Slide?"

     "Huh?"

"Do you want to go outside and do the Slip and Slide?"

     "Huh?"

"Outside. Slip and Slide."

     "Huh?"

"Slip and Slide"

     "Huh?"

"Forget it!"

     "Fine. I thought so." 

3 comments:

edutcher said...

Most places like that are nothing but warehouses.

Amartel said...

A lot of people get left in these homes because of Alzheimers or some other form of dementia or they have some physical infirmity that their family can't handle. If I was an old person I wouldn't want to have to prove my youthfulness by doing something dumb like this. When you're 94, you're OLD. You get to opt out without a bunch of utes standing around judging. Or opt in but do it because you want to, not to prove some shit to a bunch of people who will forget about it by tomorrow. If that's how you want to have fun, go for it. Or stay in your bunk and read a book. Or whatever.

ampersand said...

Slip and slide! Young whiffer-sniffer. How the dang hell do you think I got here in the first place!