Aging is Not a Disease: National Senior Citizens Day

[Nadine Buchanan, LPN]

AmoLucia,

Thank you for your comments.

"I will give that there some practitioners in desperate need of some politically correct intensive educational sensitivity retraining." -- that's who I meant to address.  Thank you for that.

Honeybee,

Thank you for your comment. You sound like a very good CNA.

[Nadine Buchanan, LPN]

Batsek2013,BSN,

Thank you for your comments and support. And thank you for what you said about pregnancy and vital life stages. I agree wholeheartedly with you.

[Nadine Buchanan, LPN]

JBMom, MSN, NP,

Thank you for your comments. I suppose you are right that there will always be those healthcare providers, but I can hope, right?

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

Having worked in a SNF for 25 years I came to the conclusion that natural aging while not necessarily a disease can be a brutal unforgiving process. Many elder's that passed under my care had no definitive cause of death other than as one of our providers liked to name it "terminal old age."  Watching what some of these elders endure prior to their eventual death definitely brought me to the belief that in life it's quality, not quantity that should be held important.

 

[amoLucia]

This is so true. ^^^^^