Notes for Later Statistical Analysis Compared with Other Age Groups
The large majority of residents sleep in the fetal position (the ones that don't sleep in chairs on their backs).
All residents (who are capable of speech) discuss the weather.
1/2 of the residents are sad about the absence of such and such relative ("My daughter said she was going to visit me today").
Everyone watches television.
No one knows anything about current affairs.
Everyone has a cute euphemism (amost always different) for urination.
1/2 are picky about their clothing; it must match, always.
Most like fish but have strong negative feelings about ham.
Everyone's always surprised at how late it is in the day.
Most of them like cranberry juice over vegetable, orange, apple, and lemonade, no matter the order in which they are announced.
99% are practically deaf.
Most have arthritis, of one severity or another.
Most refer to other people in the facility as "Older" ("Would you tell that older lady over there to stop yelling, please?").
Out of the twenty five on my hall, ten wear Depends.
Seven on the hall are incapable of doing anything (cannot wash themselves, change themselves, shift positions themselves).
One is incapable of speech.
2/3 of the residents would rather be socializing than in their rooms.
Thirteen would rather stay in their rooms (with or without television) than sit with other residents.
Everyone to whom i've spoken urges me to stay in school.
Four of the residents pretend to be more helpless than they are to garner attention and sympathy.
Only four are confined to wheelchairs.
Five have walkers.
One is on constant oxygen.