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Such a face! Daddy Bones@ age 12, gracing the book's cover.

 

 How to Keep Your Sanity Intact When a Loved One Needs a Nursing Home  

It’s estimated that more than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year.

Studies show that extremely stressed caregivers can age or die prematurely. 

“Bette Davis said ‘old age is no place for sissies,’ but caring for an older loved one isn’t for the feint of heart, either,” says Bones. “I loved my dad and we were very close, but the strain of ‘putting’ him in a nursing home was so overwhelming for all of us that I felt like I was on the edge of a nervous breakdown.”

Becoming aware of some of the don’ts” of long-term care can make daily life easier for nursing home residents and for their family caretakers,” she notes.

Bones offers some key examples from her Nursing Home Checklist:

· Ask clergy, family, and friends - especially those in the health care field - to recommend outstanding nursing homes.

· When touring a nursing home, ask other visitors for frank feedback about the facility. Don’t just inspect the “sample” room, look into residents’ rooms to check for cleanliness.

· Assure your loved one that you will be their ongoing advocate.

· Visit your loved one often and at varying times of the day - and night. This alerts all of the caregivers that you are keeping an eye on your loved one.

· Get to know the staff, especially your loved one’s immediate caregivers.

· Thank the employees for the thankless job that they do.

· Put your loved one’s name on all their belongings, including clothes and personal products. Never leave money or valuables in their room.

· Place a quilt, photos and other small touches to create a “homey” room.

· Put a brief bio and picture of your loved one at the entrance of their room to “introduce” them to staff and visitors.

. Bring old photos when you visit your loved one - it will give you something to look at if conversation lags.

. Bring different edible treats to spice-up the resident's menu.

 

 


 

 

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NOW THAT WAS STUPID...

DateMonday, February 27, 2012 at 03:49PM

A recent obituary for a 110-year-old woman included this gem: "Asked what it was like to be 110, she said: 'It's not much different to being 109.'"

Ask a stupid question, get a zinger answer from a tough old bird.

I'm not a lifetime Mensa member, but stupidity seems to be prolific these days.

Need evidence? I could mention two criminals who deserve a Stupid Award.

One was a handcuffed prisoner who was arrested on drug charges but escaped police custody in downtown Philly. While he might have been wily enough to slip out of the handcuffs, he'll probably have a tougher time hiding from the authorities because of prominent tattoos on his face, including the letter "H" between his eyebrows. Think about it: If you're going to live on the lam, how smart is it to have indelible tattoos plastered on your mug? "No officer, I haven't seen anyone who looks like him...there was one guy in the neighborhood with an "A" on his chest, but no "H" on the face... sorry."

 

Ironically, another scumbag who was on the run from the fuzz also had memorable facial tats: A star inked under each eye. Again, if you know that you are a lowlife who is probably going to be featured in Mugshot Monthly, how could you be so stupid as to get an unforgettable tattoo? What, a rose and the word "Mom" weren't good enough for the likes of you?

Supposedly, star tattoos on the kisser represent time served in prison. I hope when they catch this creep (he hurt a little girl) that he gets enough of a sentence to have a galaxy etched on his face.

Unfortunately, stupidity is not limited to Philly. In Ohio, members of a breakaway Amish group cut the beards and hair of some men in their group in a disagreement about "church discipline." Ouch. That'll learn 'em.

And speaking of churches and boorish behavior, over the holidays, Greek and Armenian monks battled each other with brooms in a feud over sacred space at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Palestinian security forces had to break up the monks before their bodies and blood were all over the Body and Blood of Christ.

How stupid can it get? Don't ask, don't tell.

If I live to be 110, I'll never know.

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