OT October Chit Chat

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

((((((Hugs to All)))))) ~

Jeanie ~ I join you in prayer. I haven't stopped all day.

I agree ~ you are an angel, and Peggy is so blessed to have you as a friend. As we all are. I do hope that Peggy will be allowed to use the chair. How cool that you also got 2 ramps. It is comforting in these times to know that there are good, caring people like you in the world. Bless you.

Also, I have a correction about Tom Petty. He is 66, since his birthday is on October 20, when he'll turn 67.

Peace, Love, Comfort to All ~

Love & Light,

Rose

[Howie]

Ann, you were exactly right, Howie has been sleeping ALL day, and I just woke up. I said I was going to so I could be up in time to hit the store as soon as they open. And how did I do it? Drank 2 mugs of coffee. Out like a light.

So what's the deal with Tom Petty? Alive or not? We did a Petty song when I was in a band. I liked him and his music. I hope he's still here.

What else did I miss today? Sam became President? The Soviet Union stopped being a-holes, and invited the world to a vodka party? Australia actually did something uncool?

Time for more coffee, IF I have any left.

[agate]

Tom Petty:

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If CBS News got it wrong, it's not too surprising that some of us here got it wrong too.

[Howie]

He also has a DNR, as do I. I hope they respect his wishes.

[nuthatch]

Seems like the world is falling apart. A new sadness every week. Vegas ordeal gave me chills, my brother and his family live there. He just got out of the news business and took a job at UNLV. TG they were home asleep when that happened.
Sad to hear about Tom Petty. Hope he can recover. All the news stations are clamoring to be the first to report news, they sometimes don't verify their information. That's just wrong and inexcusable.
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As I've stated before, an electric wheelchair is very powerful and heavy. They don't bounce off walls, can move furniture, you can injure yourself easily or worse yet others. In a nursing home, a slight bump could knock down another elderly resident with disastrous results causing serious injury that could lead to the unthinkable. Liability!
I can see why a nursing home wouldn't allow them. I can't tell you how many times I've caught the joystick control on my sleeve when reaching for something and almost sent myself through the wall. Slowed reflexes and electric wheelchairs don't mix either!

[Earth Mother 2 Angels]

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((((((Hugs to All)))))) ~

Tom Petty has passed. His manager released this statement:

“On behalf of the Tom Petty family,” said Tony Dimitriades, longtime manager of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “we are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty. He suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu in the early hours of this morning and was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived. He died peacefully at 8:40 p.m. PT surrounded by family, his bandmates and friends.”

May God rest Tom's beautiful soul and grant peace and comfort to his wife, daughters, granddaughter, bandmates, friends and fans.

Love & Light,



Rose

[agate]

I'm so sorry the world has lost another important musician.

[Howie]

And folks like me just keep on going, like the energizer Sponge. It sounds to me that Tom was the kind of man who could pass easily from this world to the next if you understand what I'm saying.

Up again all night. I've been doing that a lot lately. Tonight, it's because it's payday, and I'm waiting on 7am to roll around so I can hit the store.

And Agate, because of the site you posted for seeing your mail ahead of time, there is one from the landlord. I have a bad feeling about. I'll see when I pick up my mail on the way from the store.

I already paid the electric bill online. Everything else is on auto-pay. I do pay the lot rent, but AFTER I see what he sent.

Well, a few hours to go. Later!!!

[Cat Dancer]

Tom Petty has died.

I think we need to come up with a different name than "nursing home". I've not yet found an institution that really provides top-notch nursing, and they certainly aren't home-like. If they were, one could have a scooter or power chair if they wanted one, regardless of whether they could use it without bumping in to things. If it were home-like, one could wander out to the kitchen and get a snack whenever they wanted, rather than having to wait for meals. They could get whatever they wanted to eat, not have to settle for 1-2 choices..and sometimes none, on their menu. They could get coffee/tea whenever they wanted. They could go to bed, get up when they wanted, not at the convenience of the staff. Same with bathing. They could wander around in the middle of the night if they wanted to.

If there were quality nursing, there wouldn't be people with bed sores on a regular basis. There wouldn't be people on ventilators and respirators dying because they were not adusted properly. There would be people available to help people eat, not letting them sit around waiting for someone to help.

I could go on. But you get the idea. Anyway....I'm thinking a good name might be "warehouse for the forgotten and neglected".....

[stillstANNding]

There is a better nursing home: The Green House Project.

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The odds of getting in one are probably not good.

On the topic of electric wheel chairs, they certainly do move things. I moved a voting booth w my scooter and quickly had the "help" of two Boston Police officers!

ANN

[Howie]

On the topic of electric wheel chairs, they certainly do move things. I moved a voting booth w my scooter and quickly had the "help" of two Boston Police officers!

And the details would make an interesting story this morning.

[agate]

Tom Petty has died.

I think we need to come up with a different name than "nursing home". I've not yet found an institution that really provides top-notch nursing, and they certainly aren't home-like. If they were, one could have a scooter or power chair if they wanted one, regardless of whether they could use it without bumping in to things. If it were home-like, one could wander out to the kitchen and get a snack whenever they wanted, rather than having to wait for meals. They could get whatever they wanted to eat, not have to settle for 1-2 choices..and sometimes none, on their menu. They could get coffee/tea whenever they wanted. They could go to bed, get up when they wanted, not at the convenience of the staff. Same with bathing. They could wander around in the middle of the night if they wanted to.

If there were quality nursing, there wouldn't be people with bed sores on a regular basis. There wouldn't be people on ventilators and respirators dying because they were not adusted properly. There would be people available to help people eat, not letting them sit around waiting for someone to help.

I could go on. But you get the idea. Anyway....I'm thinking a good name might be "warehouse for the forgotten and neglected".....

Exactly. And private rooms for anyone who prefers a private room please, but especially a private bath. There are times when a person just can't wait very long to use a bathroom.

I get the feeling that people in nursing homes are more or less expected to die soon, and they sense that, very definitely. Maybe just being there speeds up the process. The more they have to depend on others for everything, the more they realize that "their time has come." They feel cut off from the world, and life ceases to have much meaning. Nursing (?) homes (?) are a disgrace and ought to be part of the scene only for those who genuinely want to be in one.

There are such people. They can afford top-quality places and they're run like fine hotels. The rest of us have to make do with probably being "put" (or "placed," as the euphemism has it) in facilities where all freedom is pretty much gone, and privacy? Forget about it.

How often have I heard someone say of a relative, "We had to put her in a home." The idea sends chills through me. I don't want to be so passive that I can be "put" anywhere, repositioned like a pawn on a chessboard.

I've seen this happen to people and am horrified at how fast it can happen sometimes. Horrified too at how fast the person's cherished belongings are snapped up by others or just tossed out. (Hey! I'm attached to my stuff! I want it around me!)

But we're seen as passive docile folks who can be shoved into out-of-the-way places when we start looking as if we might have a few inconvenient problems.

stillstANNding, those Green House Project places sound like a good idea. I checked a few states and found only one or two of them in each state I looked at. So yes, it would be difficult to get into one, I'd say.

Maybe, now that there is a huge aging population, with many more about to arrive on the scene what with the Baby Boomers reaching retirement age, there will be a vast army of seniors who just aren't going to put up with being "put" in places like "nursing homes."

[Howie]

Remember the time the powers that be put me in a nursing home? I had TWO roommates die. Both were in there just a few days each, and I'm pretty sure that is where they were sent to die.

It was enough to make me stop drinking....almost.

[SuzE-Q]

Howie, what was in your mailbox from the landlord?

[Howie]

Oooooh man. There is a little maple tree growing next to my heat pump, and he's afraid the roots will start to clog the septic tank lines. So I'm working, or rather my sister is working, to get someone to cut down that beautiful little tree. My next door neighbor or someone he knows.

He is the one who also sent someone to fix the water leak I had. He didn't do it himself, but found someone pronto to fix it. So once he gets word of what I need done, I'm sure he will find someone to do it.

It's nice to finally have a good neighbor, willing to help. His wife is going to be mowing my yard from now on. ALL arranged by my sister. I couldn't get by without her help!