Comments on: The Forgotten People http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zoya http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4323 Zoya Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:14:48 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1796#comment-4323 Your story made me cry. I've been meaning to go help out at a nursing home for the elderly. Reading this only makes me regret i didn't do it sooner. Thank you. For reminding me.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('4323','Zoya'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('4323','Zoya','Your story made me cry. I\'ve been meaning to go help out at a nursing home for the elderly. Reading this only makes me regret i didn\'t do it sooner.\r\nThank you. For reminding me.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Your story made me cry. I’ve been meaning to go help out at a nursing home for the elderly. Reading this only makes me regret i didn’t do it sooner.
Thank you. For reminding me.
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]]> By: steadycat http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3816 steadycat Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:15:15 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1796#comment-3816 This was a very touching story. Thank you for caring.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3816','steadycat'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3816','steadycat','This was a very touching story. Thank you for caring.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This was a very touching story. Thank you for caring.
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]]> By: tara l. conley http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3811 tara l. conley Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:47:26 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1796#comment-3811 Echoing the sentiment of other commenting, I want to thank you for writing this piece.

My father is 78 years-old, and dying. We, as a family, refuse to put him into a nursing home. It’s an incredibly trying time for the entire family because he is so ill and can be very combative at times. I feel so helpless because I know his mind doesn’t want to give into his weak and sick body.

I have this vision to run for public office one day, and I swear if/when I do, care-taking/giving, mental health, and geriatric care will be on my list of priorities to ensure that our loved one’s are taken care of in their final days, and not abandoned or forgotten.

Great post.

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]]> By: I Have a Thought http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3808 I Have a Thought Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:24:31 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1796#comment-3808 I used to have to go to a nursing home to see my Great Grandmother. She was in and out of them for years. I agree that the smell is the first thing you notice. It seems that it's simply unclean. it smells of stale piss and mothballs. I hated going but how selfish of me/us to not go. Like our parents/grandparents really WANT to be there. I always swore after seeing that, that I would never let my mother be put in a home like that. Since she is gone, I've now sworn to myself that I will never let my grandmother go to a place like that. She can sleep at my house. would it really be a burden? who cares.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3808','I Have a Thought'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3808','I Have a Thought','I used to have to go to a nursing home to see my Great Grandmother. She was in and out of them for years. I agree that the smell is the first thing you notice. It seems that it\'s simply unclean. it smells of stale piss and mothballs. \r\nI hated going but how selfish of me\/us to not go. Like our parents\/grandparents really WANT to be there. I always swore after seeing that, that I would never let my mother be put in a home like that. Since she is gone, I\'ve now sworn to myself that I will never let my grandmother go to a place like that. She can sleep at my house. would it really be a burden? who cares.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I used to have to go to a nursing home to see my Great Grandmother. She was in and out of them for years. I agree that the smell is the first thing you notice. It seems that it’s simply unclean. it smells of stale piss and mothballs.
I hated going but how selfish of me/us to not go. Like our parents/grandparents really WANT to be there. I always swore after seeing that, that I would never let my mother be put in a home like that. Since she is gone, I’ve now sworn to myself that I will never let my grandmother go to a place like that. She can sleep at my house. would it really be a burden? who cares.
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]]> By: liz http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/11/22/the-forgotten-people/comment-page-1/#comment-3799 liz Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:55:58 +0000 http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/?p=1796#comment-3799 I worked in a nursing home one summer while in school. It was devastating watching the residents spend their days just sitting in the common rooms or wherever the staff pushed their wheelchairs. I remember one day, I was working a double shift so I was there from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. When I had arrived in the morning, I saw that one resident was already up and dressed. "You're looking quite nice," I told her. "My daughter is coming to get me for a visit," she beamed. Apart from going to have her meals, she was in that spot all day. Her daughter never showed up. It's rare that you find a nursing home that cares for their residents the way they should. The people living there really are the forgotten.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3799','liz'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3799','liz','I worked in a nursing home one summer while in school. It was devastating watching the residents spend their days just sitting in the common rooms or wherever the staff pushed their wheelchairs. \r\n\r\nI remember one day, I was working a double shift so I was there from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. When I had arrived in the morning, I saw that one resident was already up and dressed. \"You\'re looking quite nice,\" I told her. \r\n\r\n\"My daughter is coming to get me for a visit,\" she beamed.\r\n\r\nApart from going to have her meals, she was in that spot all day. Her daughter never showed up.\r\n\r\nIt\'s rare that you find a nursing home that cares for their residents the way they should. The people living there really are the forgotten.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I worked in a nursing home one summer while in school. It was devastating watching the residents spend their days just sitting in the common rooms or wherever the staff pushed their wheelchairs.

I remember one day, I was working a double shift so I was there from 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. When I had arrived in the morning, I saw that one resident was already up and dressed. “You’re looking quite nice,” I told her.

“My daughter is coming to get me for a visit,” she beamed.

Apart from going to have her meals, she was in that spot all day. Her daughter never showed up.

It’s rare that you find a nursing home that cares for their residents the way they should. The people living there really are the forgotten.

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