W\hoever Said We Want To Be Stored
@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
December 15, 2016 8:50pm CST
Retioremet center store us old codgers'
We wart toi be wity others our own kind'
BS thats is not what we want at all
We want to b e home with famlly
We want to sew, to cook,to garden
'We w ant to talk to people all ages
We want to be useful to be needed'
WE waht to b e home and happy again.
Oje origilal poem and graphic by P Hatley
copyriogted 2016
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Dec 16
"Family" in the US has become something quite different than it once was.
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@allknowing (138587)
• India
18 Dec 16
Home for seniors need not be isolated. They should create situations that let the seniors mix and mingle.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Dec 16
this center is not a hoime where do beople get the ioea of calliong them homes,. they are not homey they are a busikness hotels perhjaps buit not homes I am noit here becaiuse Iwanted to live in such a place and we are kisolated as I already said.
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@allknowing (138587)
• India
23 Dec 16
@Hatley The world is dumpting seniors and in my case I will never let it happen. I have ideas
@rusty2rusty (6763)
• Defiance, Ohio
17 Dec 16
I love talking to older people.They always have good stories or memories to share.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
23 Dec 16
yes i too want to be able to do all i used to do, but unfortunately i now need these things done for me. most any way.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
23 Dec 16
@Hatley yes we should get respect and careing and thats why we should be able to get help when we no longer can do all we did. just as we did for them when we could.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
17 Dec 16
Older people want the same things others want. How did it happen that someone decided as we age, we are so different. Already seeing it at my age. We know what we want and don't need someone telling us what that is.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Dec 16
I do wish they had moe programs for ya;ll to have things to do and ways to earn more money
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@MarshaMusselman (38864)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Dec 16
Great poem, Patsie. The one problem kids have with their parents living at home is that for many their parent's aren't as stable physically as they used to be and the children are concerned about the safety of the parent's. I don't know that those of us that have elderly parents are thinking that they'd want to be living with those their own age, but rather they're looking more into the safety features and making sure the parent is looked in on periodically.
I know there are those kids or families that 'put their elderly parents or relatives away' so they don't have to concern themselves with them any longer. If that is the reasoning, those children should be ashamed of themselves. I did windows for a newer customer a few months ago and found that their neighbor is ninety-one years old and still living at home by himself. The thing is that he has a caregiver that comes in daily but no one else lives with him. So, if he were to fall or something it may not be until the next day before anyone would know about it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38864)
• Midland, Michigan
23 Dec 16
@Hatley I've spent time at two facilities that my mom has stayed at during the past four years and while all the staff aren't always the greatest we've been lucky to have a few that really cared for my mom. Who's idea was it for you to live where you are now?
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
17 Dec 16
That is so true and it seems the older we get the less our opinion matters. I like your feisty poem!!
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