The Place.2

Turns out having dementia doesn't mean you can't drive a wheelchair, And having 100% cognition doesn't mean you can. Some of these guys really zoom around while I twist and turn like a pretzel.

But whether you have dementia or not, everyone agrees the food sucks.

Its nice to be the youngest for a change. I'm only 72 while everyone else is approximately 100;

The nurses try to get everyone out of bed for breakfast but me. I'm already flying down the hall clocking jn at 0.0001 MPH.

Again to be clear (not exactly my intent) I am not making fun of the insane, just of the place. My kids are happy for me that I am happy here.

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The Place

My adventures rhrough the American health care matrix continues. Don't ask why or how, but I/ve landed in a place where most people have severe dementia. I know this is not a joking matter but there IS something hilarious about this.

At first I was scared, I admit, but I soon realized everyone here is harmless and lovable. Well maybe not everyone. The screamers irritate me at night since I can't sleep.

I always knew this would happen. Being on Medicare is like magic.

Again, no one should misinterpret my comments as insensitive about mental illness. But the fact that every time they administer the cognition test I score 100% seems to puzzle everyone. (It doesn't hurt they ask the same questions every time. They should just skip the test and mark 100%.)

To be serious this is truly a sad place. I am doing more care-giving than care-receiving but these nurses are under-resourced. They need more resources! I'm apparently the only one with a working esophagus. Today I learned how to keep it that way.

Onward!

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