"I go back to the room, pick up the phone, call his doctor and get a prescription for a shot of whiskey a day and a beer on Sunday.
When he died at 99 I made sure there was a bottle of JD in his pocket. I still feel guilty; if I'd withheld the whiskey he'd probably have lived to be ...99 1/2."
Great post!! I work in two nursing homes. Out of the 150 residents that I work with only 9 are smokers. We take them outside to smoke only as time allows. I beleive that at 80+ years of age they should be allowed to enjoy life pretty much as they see fit. I also think that diabetics should be allowed sweets if they so choose what the H*ll is it gonna hurt. Not that the home allows the diabetics to have sweets I just think they should. We have happy hour once a week where residents can consume alcohol. We also have residents who have a beer or glass of wine everyday. These people have seen enough heartache in their lives why not let live out their last years smoking if they want?
Side note....NO ONE is allowed to smoke with their oxygen on...EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
Bless you. Just because time has robbed them of some abilities doesn't mean they have to stop living and get stacked up like like wood and sit around waiting to die.