What a great name . . .

[wobbegong]

. . . for a story about 'a slow death'!!

[BrilloPad]

I think that one of my more upsetting experiences was visiting my great aunt in Weston Super Mare while she was awaiting death in one of those places...

Please please shoot me before I get to that stage...

Shall we shoot you now just to be sure?

[Marina]

In Viking societies, if an old person started becoming a physical liability they'd be lifted into a large barrel and left. If the person couldn't climb out unaided, they died ..

Reading that article, it seems like the container has changed shape, and the old timers now get food and water, but much the same method is still used ...

[Chantho]

. . . for a story about 'a slow death'!!

A great name for this story, and a 70 y.o. actress "playing" a pensioner ?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203671/

[wobbegong]

A great name for this story, and a 70 y.o. actress "playing" a pensioner ?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203671/

Great find Chantho, or are you a secret fan of hers?

What a deceitful witch. That mistreatment and indifference could have been lavished on a 'real', deserving pensioner.

[threaded]

I have a few friends who work as nurses, assistants etc. in these homes over here in Denmark. Many are on strike* at the moment as they say there is nowhere near enough staff to do the job right.

*Danish strikes appear quite bizarre: everyone apparently still goes to work.

[Churchill]

I have a few friends who work as nurses, assistants etc. in these homes over here in Denmark. Many are on strike* at the moment as they say there is nowhere near enough staff to do the job right.

*Danish strikes appear quite bizarre: everyone apparently still goes to work.

Import a few "care" assistants from the Philippines!!!