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doofus47 · January 28, 2014, 05:09 PM

I think it was John Mellencamp who said
"There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands."

When your elders begin to lose their faculties and motor skills, it's never a pleasant experience. Morally, however, you need to take responsibility for your elders when they begin failing. Sometimes that means you need to take away some of their freedoms for their own good and for the good of others. From personal experience, I can tell you that it's a decision neither joyful nor lightly made. It's a situation that needs to be reviewed on a case by case basis.

January 28, 2014, 05:09 PM	#37
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	I think it was John Mellencamp who said "There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands." When your elders begin to lose their faculties and motor skills, it's never a pleasant experience. Morally, however, you need to take responsibility for your elders when they begin failing. Sometimes that means you need to take away some of their freedoms for their own good and for the good of others. From personal experience, I can tell you that it's a decision neither joyful nor lightly made. It's a situation that needs to be reviewed on a case by case basis. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.