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Elderly parents

Alcohol

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CanUDigIt · 13/12/2024 18:37

Moral dilemma or common sense?

If you're old (80s) with medical conditions and medication which mean you shouldn't drink and you are not able to buy your own alcohol, should your partner/family buy alcohol for you if you?

Thinking about someone who now has a pretty reduced life and enjoyed alcohol daily before a hospital admission when they agreed to stop.

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EmotionalBlackmail · 14/12/2024 08:48

CanUDigIt · 13/12/2024 19:43

Sent too soon!

I was going to try not to give my position on this because I genuinely would like to hear a variety of views.

It's my DF. I helped DM get him to go tee-total after a stay in hospital but I don't want alcohol to creep back in over Christmas. I feel like a spoil sport. Then I wondered what the point was. But the nursing home thing is interesting.

As an aside, can people have alcohol in a nursing home?

Sure, my elderly relative in a home is offered sherry in the afternoon and wine with dinner!

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