Letter: Old ways are best for elderly
Leaving boarding school (BRIB) at the end of 1946, because of my poor eyesight my job abilities were limited. I worked on a farm at Apley for eight years.
Leaving boarding school (BRIB) at the end of 1946, because of my poor eyesight my job abilities were limited. I worked on a farm at Apley for eight years.
However, though the farmer Harold Cooke was a good employer, the job did not have the prospects I wanted since I was married in 1953.
I went to work at GKN Sankey to get a better wage. My ambition was to own my own house.
I am sure a lot of families in those days had the same ambition.
Old age people in nursing homes who need care, prefer being at home.
My wife died 15 months ago and she preferred to die at home with cancer. I went along with her wishes and nursed her as best as I could, but in the end I needed carers to come in to wash and make her comfortable.
Not only did they do the necessary duties, but talking to other women who were experienced in their work, gave Joyce some enjoyment for their caring nature regarding her personally.
I am sure this gave my wife assurance she had what she wanted.
It does seem that some of the old ways of life have gone, regarding looking after the old people.
While some people in the country think they can live a life off the state and sponge off the hard working people paying tax.
P Sherwood
Wellington
Comments for: "Letter: Old ways are best for elderly"
Andrew finch
Interesting letter peoples hopes and ambitions have not changes, in the current climate wages are low matters not what qualifications you have the employer is king .
Houses in most areas are out of reach of ownership of most average wage earners and the possibilities of raising a decent deposit almost impossible due to over priced rents and massive deposits having to be paid by renters.
The only way home ownership will get back to what it was is if the housing market remains as it is in the pits, for the next 10-15 years with property prices staying stagnant or dropping.
The levels of personal debt etc i imagine will increase massively for some home e payers mortgage payers who run up credit cards and have been able to use capital in their not yet paid for home to bail them out of a sticky situation.
It is all well and good looking back to the 50,60,s and what you could have or achieve but those days are gone.
The point of taking care of the elderly sadly in the UK it seems to have been bred out of our society , many children look at the elderly parents home and even cash as their very own personal cash point.
We need to change family life, educate family first, decent jobs with decent wages, educate on self financial responsibility,teach we cant all be high achievers but just do our best, cap locally, private rents as in some EU countries..
Get of this merry go round of all our problems are caused by the minority bunch of long term layabouts on benefits. The coalition is brainwashing joe public and dividing joe public lambs and to slaughter come to mind .