This will cheer y'all up........what will nursing / retirement homes be like in the future ?

[SkintAsASkintThing]

Something happened that got me thinking, I went to pick up my friend for a walk out. When I got there they were having a wartime dance / afternoon tea thing / sing song as they often do on Sunday.

Friend couldn't wait to get out of there and when we did had a rant about having old stuff forced on her. She isn't old (( well to me she isn't )) having recently turned 70. But poor health, mobility and lack of family have forced the decision on her.......she's right tho. Vera Lynn et Al won't mean a thing to her. She'd have only been 40 in 1990. She's a huge fan of the smiths and U2, she likes exotic foods which isn't being catered for and trying different things but feels she's being forced into a box which isn't built for her.

As I said.it got me thinking. What will they be.like in 40years or so ?? Will we be raving in the corridors wearing day Glo tracksuits ? >

I'm hoping for clubbing on virtual reality headsets or whatever the new tech allows!

I'm not having a robot anywhere near me. They are terrifying. I'll go to San Junipero though!

How old are we talking though Fluffy? My mum's in a rehab hospital as she's had a,stroke as you can imagine due to the nature of the health conditions in the hospital.most patients are in their 70,s and 80,s my mum is 77 ,she was 3 when the war ended ,she has little recollection of it, her room mate is 80, so she would have been about 6,when the war ended ,their memories would have been growing up.in the 50,s even people ten, years older than my mum so 87,would have only been a young teenager during the war,a lot of today's pensioner,s were either very young children during world war 2 or born after it.

Mostly 80+, my mums 76 and can remember the bombs dropping on Birmingham.

My grandmas care home had 60s music, quizzes, parties and a fully working bar...

It's not necessarily that they remember it, but they grew up with the aftermath. Playing on bomb sites (into the 1970s in some cases I believe) and with shell-shocked fathers in the house. Lots of talk about the war and it being "current" for decades after.

So it really is relevant to them.

Without giving too much info, one lady I know (in her early 90s) was married to a Spitfire pilot. He was older than her but still a young man at the end of the war.

I'm not saying we should constantly pipe Vera Lynn down the speakers, but it is very much relevant to lots of elderly people.

As for Phil and Holly - there is uproar if that gets turned over. There are 2 main lounges and it is essential viewing for most 😁

Also Judge Rinder is a big hit!

One lady is disgusted they've taken Jeremy Kyle off, she would thoroughly enjoy putting the world to rights with him (one way conversation, no dementia just bloody opinionated!!)