My late Dad spent two years in a nursing home. I visited almost every day except for time spent in my summer place. There were a number of patients who did not receive visitors and it was very sad. If you are close to a care home facility, please consider visiting. If none of the resident seem to be an area of your interest, many will have memories that are broad based to lifestyles in earlier times. Some of the residents can still play cards and most enjoy any kind of musical entertainment. For people who still have their wits, the lack of visitors and mental stimulation definitely hastens their demise. If you even drop in for 10 to 15 minutes and say hello, you will make many residents' day. A pat on the arm to those who no longer seem to be aware will never go amiss. Lauraine

I have to agree with you, Lauraine. My mom was in a nursing home for about two years before her death a few years back. We visited her regularly... as did my kids and their kids. But there were many people who had very few visitors.... I play the piano and they especially enjoyed it when I did that...particularly at Christmastime, when I made it a point to play a lot of the old carols for them. The staff got them all together in their wheelchairs, etc. and put them right around the piano!!! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Visiting a Nursing Home My late Dad spent two years in a nursing home. I visited almost every day except for time spent in my summer place. There were a number of patients who did not receive visitors and it was very sad. If you are close to a care home facility, please consider visiting. If none of the resident seem to be an area of your interest, many will have memories that are broad based to lifestyles in earlier times. Some of the residents can still play cards and most enjoy any kind of musical entertainment. For people who still have their wits, the lack of visitors and mental stimulation definitely hastens their demise. If you even drop in for 10 to 15 minutes and say hello, you will make many residents' day. A pat on the arm to those who no longer seem to be aware will never go amiss. Lauraine When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. To search the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION The information page is: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message