older people Options

[stanzaonthewall]

why do people tend to leave older people behind as if they have never existed

don't get me wrong it's so easy....they kind of disappear once the become home bound

but truthfully thats when they need us the most

have you ever ditched someone old?

Do you regret it?

my family took in my great grandfather...he taught me a lot about his life...and also contributed a lot to me bing more of a servant to other...showing compassion and mercy

I personally enjoy visiting with older people...nut how do you feel

are they worth the time and effort

[Serendipity]

Older people have so many valuable stories to tell. They've sacrificed a lot, and should be remembered by present and future generations. It's sad how some older people are abandoned as they age.

[satch]

Well my mom had cancer and she was to much to deal with she was having a lot of problems she was getting mean and nasty. So we had to put her in a home in Portland (the only place that would take her) but here is the part that I regret to this day and have alot of guilt. She died up there 6 weeks after, she was supposed to go there and get well enough to come home but it did not work that way. I did not get to see my mom before she died and I have to live with that everyday of my life.

My mom was only 60 years old

[*Azarel*]

Read Edward Albee's American Dream. It touches on this, a lot. I don't know really what else to say, because my family is really detattached and I don't know any elderly people.

[*Uronacid*]

I'm inthe same boat as you LIz... sometimes it is difficult to stay attached to your grandparents though..

[no-name]

i don't know a lot of older people...Any family outside my immidiate(sp) family i don't talk to.

[oXMuhNirvanaXo]

My grandfather ( My Dad's father ) died in 2000. In September 1 or maybe the 2ed. I remember the day that he died in the old fokes home that we put him. We get the call from my father that he has died. We go in I see my father crying on the side of my dead grandfathers bed. I rememebr my dad told me to touch my grandfathers hand beacuse he was still warm. That was one of the most awkward and emoshional moments that I ever had in my hole intier life. I rememeber alot that he told me when he was still around. But I must have been 10 or 11 when he died and I cant say much about it. I wish that I got to know him and I would have talked to to him more about the kind of stuff that happend in the past.

Now I have my grandmother ( Mom's mom ). She is 85 years old and she drinks like a fish. I need to talk to her about " Back Then " Before she dies also. Last time I talked to her was last week when I went to the beach. I need to get down to her house and clean and spend time with her. I am guilty of this task I need to talk to her more and spend time with her more.

Now. My other grandfather died before I was born. And my other grand mother I only met like 3 times in my hole life that I can rememeber.

[*This Confession*]

I like older people, they've been through life a lot longer than you and have more knowledge towards life then most others. I use to sit down and listen to them all the time when I was younger, but once I got older and my parents get in their frenzy I don't get to go anywhere all that much. I still enjoy it though, except with a few people because I've heard all the stories, but I'm nice and sit and listen to them anyway once again.

[Selv]

Yea.. a lot of people don't relize that if it were not for them we would not exsist and neither would our parents... I hav unfortunatly dissed my mom-mom behind her back and i felt horrible because in reality she means a lot to me, and i don't know what i would do without her advice