What will they play in the nursing home when I'm an OAP

[bumblebee50]

This isn't really an AIBU, well kind of. Me and my DH walked past a nursing home last week. They were having an open day and were playing a lot of old songs - think Frank Sinatra etc. I'm curious to know what songs will be played when I get to that stage (currently early 50s) - are we talking Duran Duran, Madonna, Coldplay or whatever? I hate the thought it sitting there will forced joviality forced upon me. is it not all a bit patronising?

I'm (mid-50's) rather hoping for Ca Plane Pour Moi and Anarchy in the UK...

The killers , i hope.
Bit of coldplay and radiohead.

A colleague had to visit someone in sheltered housig this week and Led Zeppelin was belting out. Which is of course age appropriate for someone their 70s. Drams on the telly has such residents listening to Vera Lynn etc, about 30 years out of synch.

I will be taking my whole 80s record collection with me. I may actually find some people to show my Duran Duran memorabilia collection to finally.

It's really hand to imagine a bunch of pensioners doing Oops Upside Your Head but you never now.

My mum was a teenager in the late 50's/early 60's - so Vera Lynn etc is totally wrong for her (and she's spent time in a residential home already). Its a bit of a bug bear with me tbh.
Somewhere that imposes joviality isn't a good home btw. Mum is very content to go and sit on her own and the home had loads of little seating areas (and pick a snack tables) and activity things spread through the building to allow people to choose what they did.

I've always imagined Magic FM or one of those cheesy radio stations will be playing when I'm in a care home. Fairly inoffensive in a cheesy way

I just can't imagine doing bingo in the afternoon or wheelchair yoga or whatever - just because people are older doesn't mean they have to do activities that would be better aimed at children.

"Smack Ya Bitch Up" and "Wonderwall"

It'll be all steps, boyzone and take that.

I'm hoping for a bit of dance and techno, complete with glow sticks and whistles.

The Birdie Song?

It'll be Steve Wright on a bloody loop.

I may actually find some people to show my Duran Duran memorabilia collection to finally.

I'll sit patiently at look at it all Sparkling - as long as you keep feeding me tea and custard creams.

Otherwise I'll be the one dancing on one leg (holding on to my Zimmer) to The Cult, The Cure and The Smiths...

Or 'we are the children of the night, fight for the future of our nation, we come together and unite, nothings gonna stop us now. Get up. Get up. Get up there is no time change'

We have meatloaf blasting some days at the home I work at 😁 some residents do like listening to classical music but we've found the majority like to listen to heart fm and will have a dance with me. One resident absolutely loves that sexy and I know it song 😂

I'd be hoping for some old skool rave.

I just can't imagine doing bingo in the afternoon or wheelchair yoga or whatever - just because people are older doesn't mean they have to do activities that would be better aimed at children.

1. What's wrong with bingo?!
2. How many children have you seen doing wheelchair yoga . People generally don't go into an OPH until they become infirm, so surely it makes sense that they're encouraged to do a form of exercise that is suitable for them?

As for the music, I'm hoping for a bit of Wham!, Duran Duran and Culture Club.

Probably the same WW1 songs that they currently inexplicably play to people born in the 1930s!

The sort of nursing home where people are sat in the lounge doing a set activity are normally for people with serious mental health needs such as dementia. For these people they are not fully aware of their surroundings and this sort of thing is about all they can manage, but there is normally a quiet lounge they can go to if they don't like the noise.
For more mentally able people there are better facilities or sheltered housing with more choice of activities and independence.

Wheelchair exercises are great. People still need to do exercise.

3/4 years ago, my mum was in a home temporarily while her broken leg healed. She needed a lot of care including toileting initially as she couldn't put weight on the leg. Dad wasn't able to to it alone, and I was (still am) in full time working so also not able to help except in evenings.

While the residents were enouraged in singalongs (eg Tipperary and so on), Mum avoided the lounge and played Planet Rock all day on her radio

Imagine hearing the sing-songs while Guns n Roses blared out

Until last year I worked for a company that went into residential homes & care homes doing live music and sing-a-longs.

By far the most popular requests (approx 2010-2015) were ABBA and The Beatles.

I saw a great comedy sketch once that had a bunch old people around a piano and then...

Sex pistols. God save the queen. Please.