What if she was a pedophile and wanted me to bring her a small child? blah, blah, blah.
Get real, will you? We're talking about a cigarette. What's with your hysteria over the subject? You seem to think that because she's 93, she must be addlepated. Believe it or not, some people are capable of weighing risks and rewards without the unwelcome advice of busybodies and making a decision all on their own. Imagine that. It's her decision to make, not yours.
Did you read the article? Her daughter said smoking is the only pleasure she has left. She wants to partake of that one small pleasure, but the righteous legions of smoke Nazis want to make sure they take even that from her, in the name of "health."
As for common sense, common sense dictates that you don't give a lighter and cigarettes to a 93 year old woman in a nursing home unless you're a total idiot.
I'm quite sure that the smoking room (before the Nazis closed it) was supervised. The fact that there was a smoking room indicates that smoking was not allowed in the occupants' rooms.
Priorities Madame Dufarge, priorities.
Whose? Yours?
I don't think so.
If she were actually capable of going to the store and buying her own cigarettes then she wouldn't be in a NURSING HOME. Her daughter probably has power of attorney (or whatever) to keep her in there or else she would probably leave this Nazi establishment that won't let smoke INSIDE a nursing home. The lady makes virtually no decisions for herself yet you want her to be able to decide when and how to strike a flame and carry around a burning ember. Not very wise.
Did you read the article? Her daughter said smoking is the only pleasure she has left. She wants to partake of that one small pleasure, but the righteous legions of smoke Nazis want to make sure they take even that from her, in the name of "health."
Her daughter said that? Imagine that. Why doesn't the 93 year old lady tell us that? Any guesses why? And so what? Is a nursing home obligated to grant the "pleasure" of any of its residents? And it's probably not "smoke Nazi's" who want this, but rather "insurance Nazi's" who realize that having 93 year old patients in a nursing home with matches and burning rolls of tobbaco isn't a very wise investment.
I'm quite sure that the smoking room (before the Nazis closed it) was supervised. The fact that there was a smoking room indicates that smoking was not allowed in the occupants' rooms.
Let's see...how can we best justify spending our employee money? Shall we pay for someone to go around and change adult diapers and soiled beds...or shall we pay someone to sit there and watch people smoke?? Gee...what to do? Try thinking this through a little bit Madame.