I had an interesting patient this week, a local multimillionare. He started a famous nationwide firm. He is in his late 80's and has been fairly disabled for the past 7 years from a CVA, but was alert and oriented, and able to clearly communicate all of his irritable demands to those around him.
His wife of the past 35 years was at his side. They live in a 17,000 square foot home (she informed me). She looked to be in her 60s, so she was probably over 20 years younger than him. She didn't look or act like someone who was born into wealth or education whatsoever. In fact, she struck me as someone who would feel at home in front of a slot machine in a Las Vegas casino, with a cigarette in her mouth, sipping on a gin and tonic, and clutching a bucket of tokens. In short, she was less than classy or sophisticated. She managed to constantly mention all of their lavish possessions. For instance, when I was admitting him the first day and going over his belongings, she kept saying how expensive the diamond was on the ring that he was wearing. She also managed to work into the conversation many other things about their opulant house, all the people who wait on them hand and foot, etc and so forth. She was pretty unsophisticated. It was extremely entertaining. :chuckle
