An Wonderful Lady

[Tilly2]

I visited my dad in his care home today and whilst I was there, one of the other residents, Ivy, had a friend visiting her. This lady, Polly, comes to see Ivy twice a week bringing her something nice, a few sweets, a bit of fruit, a cake etc. Today, Polly had brought a selection of nail polishes and a manicure set and gave Ivy a manicure. Yesterday, Polly took Ivy out for lunch.

Polly is 93. As we were both leaving, I offered her a lift and she replied, 'Oh, no dear, thank you. I have to keep the old legs moving'. and off she trotted.
She is amazing.

[Tilly2]

A Wonderful woman...............................Flip!

[jno]

good for her. I expect at that age I shall be busily trying to keep everything moving too.

[Psybbo]

That is so lovely Tilly, she sounds amazing, We used to have a neighbour in her nineties who was often going to see a friend who was 10 years younger

[RATTER15]

I know a lot of people *** off the old folk, I dont see hardly any of the problems other people see. Mostly they are just very tired people trying to get along. Mostly they are very sweet if you take the time to notice. I certainly find the old folk more polite than most far younger.

[murraymints]

Aw..that's sweet !

[leahbee]

Nice story Tilly.
I hope that Polly has someone to do the same for her if she ever has to be in a care home.

[RATTER15]

Where I used to work, we had and lady that at 100 years we persuaded her to stop walking down the local shop every day as she was just a bit to doddery and was likely to fall, she passed away recently at 104, the only medication she was on was drops for dry eyes.

[Tilly2]

Polly often chats to me, telling me about her family, what she's been cooking and what she's done in the garden. She cut her lawn last week. It took her two hours. She has a big garden behind her Victorian villa. She doesn't have any help at all, doesn't need it yet, she says .

[Psybbo]

Tilly, this always makes me cry x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ85Hep0kD0&feature=player_detailpage

[pixie373]

There are some amazing people out there. We have a 98 year old man who goes upstairs two at a time and worries he's "losing it" if he doesn't finish the Telegraph Cryptic Crossword every day. The oldest lady i looked after, died at 106. She was only on aspirin- and refused to ever take it.

[RATTER15]

This tread reminds me of this story:

Dear Safety Harbor Middle School:

God blesses you for the beautiful radio I won at your recent senior citizens luncheon. I am 84 years old and live at the Safety Harbor Assisted Home for the Aged. All of my family has passed away. I am all alone now and it's nice to know that someone is thinking of me. God bless you for your kindness to an old forgotten lady.

My roommate is 95 and always had her own radio, but before I received one, she would never let me listen to hers, even when she was napping. The other day her radio fell off the night stand and broke into a lot of pieces. It was awful and she was in tears. She asked if she could listen to mine, and I said, "flump you."

Life is good.

Sincerely, Edna

[RATTER15]

only the word "flump" wasn't used.

[Tilly2]

Thank you,sibs. That's lovely.

[mazie]

We have a lady like that in the village Tilly. 93 and still goes dancing twice a week and walks or busses it everywhere....Amazing people.

[gness]

Would that we were all alike, Tilly. My sister-in-law was born on the same day as my mother.
Ma is in a home...completely out of it and yet SIL is in her own home...fit as a fiddle with all her marbles and some of mine, I think. She drives, very well..... and looks after people twenty years younger than her ninety years.
Wish I knew what the secret is...or is it just luck of the draw?

[Tilly2]

I've seen that story before, ratter, but thank you for reminding me of it.

I love chatting to the old people in there but my Dad gets a bit miffed sometimes if I spend too long talking to someone else. He doesn't join in. He's not a sociable man.

[mazie]

Luck of the draw I think gness, plus a bit of positive mental attitude :o)

I think, therefore I am...If you think you're old you are going to be

[Tilly2]

I suspect it's the luck of the draw, Gness. Unless someone knows differently.

[gness]

Mazie, I am not sure about the mental attitude but I would love to believe it. My Ma was amazingly strong woman....she was never ill and had no intention of growing old.
In her seventies and eighties she was organising dances and fund raisers to take the *old* people from her church to Lourdes and Walsingham and spent two or three days a week visiting people in homes.
Still, I guess it was the dementa...and over that we have no control, sadly.

[mazie]

I know gness, my Mum's the same, sadly :o(