Wht old people are more demanding ??

I often get to think that they would compare how their lives before where more better compared to how they are at present. With that in mind, they might have some regrets which would vex them. Thinking that they should've done something more better or they would've been in a better situation now if they only did something reasonable before. Or perhaps they would also compare the times aside from their choices. Wherein one might often hear, 'kids were more respectful in my time' or 'things would've been more done better during the early days..' still, we can never ignore that they are sensitive and we should always keep that in mind.

It is personality. No matter what the race nationality or way they where raised it is the persons personality of the person that makes them the way they are through out their whole lives.

I think at old age, people suffer from insecurity. May be what they will earn, how they can manage expenses. Then there are thoughts about who will look after them health etc.But I think people are more demanding at teenage. This age is very demanding when they want to have all comforts of world.

I think that may be alot of it but I also think that they are feeling very OLD. Their joints don't work and they can't get around like they used to. And anyone that comes in to help them they cannot hear and cannot convey just the basic messages it takes to get them what they want. I can't imagine what it must be like.

Ya this right and this is also natural for every human being becoz the frustration makes us dizzy and irritable but the old man should concentrate on Divine GOD becoz our only purpose of human body is to meet with GOD.

Hi, I think your view of old people must have been influenced by some bad movies you've watched. I have had good experience with people of this golden age. In fact, I find them more tolerant and more patient.

I have seen this in many older people, I think people should get used to change all through their lives and then when they give up work then it is just another change, I think people do not prepare for the later years, and then there are the ones that expect a lot to be done for them when they are older, I think they should learn by that age that they will get more with sugar than being sour and demanding...and then maybe sometimes some older people just don't know how they have become...

Hey, As we grow old, we tend to get insecured in life. Thats y people gets a lil more deamnding. As one's capability gets lesser and they are dependent on others to do the work they use to do. Old people are like small kids they need your attention and care. So its like God ends our life just the way he started it. Cheers, Tutul

hi there krajibg,I'm not sure why that happens but it does. My brothers and I took care of my mom in her last few months and She was so so so demanding. She was actually downright mean and it was so hard to deal with. She demanded a certain and very expensive brand of shampoo & soap. She "needed" certain foods etc or she just would not eat. It is tough dealing with them but we have to. There was a time they were there for us.

well someone has certainly filled your mind fullof an ugly'pictrure of senior citizens.we are not all irritating and grumbling and' demanding at all.we some of us stillwork, we have lots of activities, we read ,we sew,we play the piano,we do all the same things as the restof you do and someday you too will be old and some young' squirt will say ah old people are all irritating and grumbling and demanding and you will yell maybe some but not most of us.,

Yeah, I notice it too..my elderly father always feel hungry, feel tired and I need to serve his meals and monitor his blood pressure every day. This is to avoid being hospitalized again for stroke and he always in a low temper if his demands are not meet. They always grumbled and want a speedy services and i do oblige. I do not like him to wait too long as it may aggravates his condition. In dealing with the elderly, you really need to pay enough attention to their needs and wants. if ever you want to maintain good relationship with them and not to disappoint them with their demands. i understand they get panicky behavior and low temperaments, because of their aged and as a young person with no disability we should show them most mercy and become more patience with them. They days are numbered and i do not like to be the reasons for their depression. as long as I could serve them..I would serve their needs and oblige with their demands the only things they could appreciate us in return. The only things for sure it could bring joy and smile to their faces..

yes old people behave very odd , i was going with grandmother a boy pushed her in mall so she started shouting on him , i felt so bad

MY grandmother is 86 years old and i can imagine what you are telling us here, at my place she is very and extremely demanding, she cannot see you sitting for a momnet and she will continue to shout loudly to get something which is very near to her though, She constantly demands things around and sometimes she will not ket us go to visit someone as she will tell us she cannot go so we have to stay with her only.

Yes, they become more demanding. They become overtly sensitive.I know of a relative who was seventy years old. After his retirement, he became cranky. He would scold anyone in the house and you have to concede victory to him in all arguments. Otherwise he will rant and rave. The human cycle actually tells us that when we grow old, we actually behave like a child-a spoil child at that.

Answering you as an old, older? person myself, I would like to say you are partially right in stating that old age is usually not welcomed, however, not all old people become irritating and more demanding. I am 70 years old but I have friends who are in their 80ties. I have noticed many changes in them. Most of all energy levels seem to go down and everything needs more effort. Health problems crop up or existing ones become acute. Mostly I find some of my older friends have become very sweet and undemanding. They have become content just to live a very peaceful life without spending too much energy. Other friends have indeed become more irritated, less patient with the people around them, their family and the world. I hope I will become like my own mom who is 96 yers old, very sweet, totally grateful for any little thing that is done for her and happy to be able to get out of bed each morning by herself. She is grateful to be living in her own place, grateful that she has funds to pay caregivers to come in twice a day for a few minutes to tidy up and help her get dressed. She is so delighted when her children, granddaugther and great grand children come to visit often but only for a short period of time. She delights sitting by the window watching the traffic, the birds or the flowers in the backyard and listening to the radio and watching her favourite TV shows. I hope I will be like that should I live that long.

Hello my friend You are 100% correct since I work with the elderly I see this all the time, but reading your take on it makes it a lot easier to handle so thanks for sharing this, sometime they are without family as well so this makes them even more depressed its really hard to age when life as you know it is not what it use to be now in some cases you are in this home with all these strangers although you think you can take care of yourself insome cases they can yet they have moved out of their home its really hard