https://freerepublic.com/tag/drunkseniorcitizens/ en-us Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:51:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1522112/posts DUBLIN (Reuters) - A nursing home in Ireland has hit on a cheering way to keep up the spirits of its elderly patients -- by providing its own pub. St Mary's Hospital in County Monaghan, near the Irish border with Northern Ireland, believes ready access to a good pint may help its patients -- average age 85 -- actually live longer. "We would say the whole social aspect of life does extend the years -- it means the patients aren't bored to death," Rose Mooney, assistant director of nursing told Reuters. The pub, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1522112/posts#comment Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:51:42 GMT