The Eldery

Sounds like the elderly and kids have the same mind set. I guess if somebody told me to go to bed I wouldn't say that but I think I'll save it for when I'm older.

Hi there Anne18. Since this job is my profession I have lot of stories like this to tell. But what I want to share with you is that, we can not force any one to go to bed. your job do not stop just becouse you go home, the personal that work at night also can help the elderly to bed in nights. That is how we work at the home I work at. And the lady had a point, but for what reason should she have to go to bed, when you like it, or when the time say it is right. People working with elderly at a care home, 24 seven therefore the elderly should be able to say when it is bedtime for them. Of course, if you have to be two people they need to be in bed before you go home in the evening, becouse of lack of staf during the night, but other wise one person can handle one person if no need for two people.

that was one wise woman, good for her, the elderly do not like to be treated like child, who would want to lose their dependence and have other makes decisions for them like when it is time to go to bed. I have a story which I wrote and published about an elderly lady friend of mine, she once told me she had a dream that she was washing dishes, she kept washing and washing the dishes but the pile never seemed to end. Then she got up but she was tired all day long, she still was thinking about washing all those dishes.

That is very cute and very funny too. I used to work at a nursing home quite a few years ago. I got attached to several elderly people there. One guy would always hollar out, "HEY, I wanna go to bed", over and over again. The funny thing was, he was already in bed LOL.

Many years ago my ex and I sprung his grandmother from the nursing home because she was tricked into going there and she was miserable. She had dementia but she was very pleasant and happy to be staying with us. Every evening my ex's mother, who was her daughter, would call her and she would always ask her what she had good to eat for dinner. Big Grandma would ALWAYS tell her that she didn't have anything for dinner...that we never fed her...no sir, not a bite. This woman was a little over five feet tall and weighed probably 170 pounds...she was not starved!

When I was a stubborn little girl, my mom used to tell me to get into bed too. She said I didn't have to sleep, just get in bed with the lights out. Of course I was asleep in 5 minutes flat.

My dad told me about a little boy who was told to sit down, and he wouldn't sit down. After much arguing the boy finally sat down, but then said, "I'm sitting down on the outside, but on the inside I'm standing up." We thought that was funny. And cute.

the nice thing about the place mom lives is that even in the health care center (the nursing home side) the people have the freedom to not HAVE to go to bed when the staff says its time. If they want to sit up and read, well, they are certainly PAYING for the right to sit up and read. And while the staff can't stop and help when they are in the middle of doing everything, like getting people up or to bed or to meals, they do their best to accomadate the differences.

I have a friend whose mom was always such a hoot.....she is in her late 80's...my friend asked her what she would do if she found a boyfriend....she replied.....same thing you would do! LOL...it was hard to picture her doing anything with a man again.....but it was very funny. She had a stroke a few years back...but before that she was always dressed to the hilt with her makeup etc.... very racey yet always a lady!

lol =D That's a nice one by her.. hehe ^_^ she's such a cheeky elderly and i guess it will be fun with her around in the house ^_^ Too bad, there are others whom dun really cherish her as much.. I dun have any much things to share about elderly ple, because i dun spend much time around with them, including my grandmother.. Though i see her quite often when i was a kid, but i was not that close to her, but rather scare as most of the time, i dun even understand what's she trying to tell me.. haha =D Now she had passed on in life, and i kinda missed her somehow ^_^

Not really, but it is a very nice story and thanks for sharing.

I will be like that when I am really old. I can hear myself threaten my 3 teenage boys now by telling them, many years ago, that they would have to look after me when I am old and I would embarrass them by doing all sorts of nasty things in the bed as it would be pay back time for all the sleep that was lost to me by them staying out late. Actually, they were good kids compared to others today but I could not sleep until all of them had returned safely to the house. I am the same way today if they are staying with me. Can't sleep until all my chicks are home

hello there, i am currently working in a nursing home, my first experience was shock about being an erderly, but i get to understand as its a process of aging, i was asign in defferent areas i was once asign at special care dementia, i feel sorry for the elderly people but i like talking with them like your talking with a kid thier very sweet and smiling, even though elderly that have dementia is a little need of more care and attention. i love working with erderly people helping them out, because i my self i believe everyone is someone. happy mylotting!!!