Old age sure can steal your dignity!
Is it a cruel cosmic joke that we start our lives in nappies and usually end it in nappies as well? I’d like to age gracefully and stay in control of my faculties, is that too much to ask? In fact while we are at it I’d like to request a quick and painless death in my sleep as well. I’d like to keep my dignity until death if that’s alright, unlike so many other people I hear about. You see my mother works in aged care and some of the stories I hear simply send shivers down my spine. I can’t imagine not being able to clean my teeth, get dressed or wipe my own bum. The thought of having some stranger wash me down in the shower is just too much to bare. No I tell a lie, having dementia and using the corner of the room as a toilet then playing finger painting with it IS too much to bare. Sure sounds like we travel full circle in life, old age sure can steal your dignity!
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