Good point. We had fought with her about this in the past when she was living alone and never won. My sister was tasked with getting her provisions, so she just wouldn’t buy any. Mom would get friends to swing by and drop off candy for her. We couldn’t figure out how she got it until my sister dropped in one day at a different time and caught her with one of her friends red handed.
-D > On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:51 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Some family would sue the facility for not providing adequate nutrition, even > though they are the ones making the situation happen, so there's that. > > My dad was in one of those places and called the state elder abuse office or > nursing home oversight office or whatever, complaining about the "g--d--- > garbage they are feeding me here." So an inspector comes out, finds no issue, > goes to talk to him and it turns out someone messed up and didn't give him > whatever special meal he wanted to replace whatever was on the menu that day. > He took his food quite seriously, though he would have been happy with a > piece of meat, boiled potatoes, and boiled green beans 3X/day... > > --FT > > On 3/18/20 11:35 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> At that age does it really matter? >> >> Sounds like when my Mom was in assisted living. She loved to eat candy. We >> would bring her stuff all the time and I guess she plowed through it as soon >> as she got it. >> >> My brother, the corporate banker who is all business, was her >> conservator/guardian, whatever they call it. One day he gets summoned to the >> facility’s administrator’s office. The administrator is there with the staff >> dietician. They wail on him about all the candy she eats and that she’s not >> eating regular meals as a result (she never ate regular meal there, anyway. >> She was reclusive as heck and refused to go to the dining room.) >> >> “So she’s 80+ years old. Is she in poor health as a result?” >> >> “Well, no, not really." >> >> “Then let her eat candy or whatever she wants.” >> >> <walks out briskly> >> >> Never heard another word about it. We continued to take her candy, and she >> lived a long life and went out in her sleep. >> >> -D >> >>> On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:23 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> If we're talking about even a 1% mortality rate wouldn't China be staring >>> down around 10 million dead? >>> At some point its probably difficult to quantify exactly what people died >>> of. Especially in the elderly population some (many?) of these people were >>> going to die soon anyway. >>> >>> Angie's grandmother lives in assisted living, she's 90. She was telling >>> Angie that at night they're not supposed to leave their rooms but they've >>> been sneaking out to play cards. Probably not the safest thing to do but a >>> good thing for their mental health. >>> >>> -Curt >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
