GLADYS, 93, IS TOLD: IF YOU WANT A CIGGIE, GET OUT THE HOUSE

this is bristol.com ^ | 24 February 2006 | Tom Hobson

[SheLion]

How sick is this??!!

[SheLion]

[peyton randolph]

Doesn't she understand that smoking could kill her?

 

/sarc 

[SheLion]

Doesn't she understand that smoking could kill her?

This sure is pitiful................

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I remember being in the hospital about 20 years ago, before the smokers were all booted outdoors. The carpets in the semi-private rooms were riddled with cigarette burns.

Even young people set their houses on fire and burn themselves to a crisp by falling asleep while smoking. The health issue is the woman's own problem (although I see she's only been smoking since the age of 83). The safety issue is another thing altogether.

[edpc]

"We know it's not politically correct any more,....."

"She says they aren't going to stop her having a fag."

No....I'd say they're definitely not worried about political correctness.

[usmcobra]

Yes, In another twenty years she might get lung cancer.

[edpc]

The safety issue is another thing altogether.

Don't forget...it's likely many of the residents are on oxygen therapy. That doesn't mix well with smoking.

[Paleo Conservative]

Doesn't she understand that smoking could kill her?

[manwiththehands]

Speaking from experience (myself and others) it's fairly common for someone to take up smoking late in life after a personal loss (divorce or death of spouse) and she has my sympathy. However, rules are rules. If the only thing in life she enjoys are cigarettes she can move her butt outside in her wheelchair ... or find something else to enjoy.

[peyton randolph]

Don't forget...it's likely many of the residents are on oxygen therapy. That doesn't mix well with smoking.

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I've been around nursing homes for most of my life. Up until about 10 years ago, no one gave smoking a second thought. Many homes still have smoking lounges with scheduled smoking breaks for residents. Few allow them to smoke in their rooms.

The oxygen safety issue is a non-starter. There has been smoking in nursing homes and use of oxygen for well over a half a century.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Here's an article you might find interesting; one of many you can find with a Google search on terms such as "nursing home fire."

[battlegearboat]

I think Granny would rather fight than switch.

To be blunt, Granny would run out of Lucky Strikes if put out of doors to toke in this winter weather.

Why is everyone running around Pell Mell with a recessed filter attitude towards these few dwindling L&M's (Lucky Mothers) who are apparently immune to lung cancer?

Granny has come a long way, Baby!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The anti-smokers really know how to descend to new depths!!

[allen08gop]

They should put a Biozone air purifier in her room or make a small room available and put a Biozone in that room.

Either way, the smoker would be a non-issue.

[edpc]

The oxygen safety issue is a non-starter.

The oxygen safety issue is a (fire) starter. It only takes one incident (which I am sure has occured at least once in the many nursing homes) to make everyone wonder why it was ever allowed in the first place.

[Galveston Grl]

It is interesting how the elite are all of a sudden so concerned about human life with all the smoking bans. Oh wait a minute, they don't care if a 94 year old woman dies...

[peyton randolph]

It only takes one incident (which I am sure has occured at least once in the many nursing homes) to make everyone wonder why it was ever allowed in the first place.

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To reiterate, that is why nursing homes have smoking lounges. They usually round up all of the smokers and have a nurses aide watch them during smoking breaks. The residents then return to rooms or other activities. The cigarettes and lighters are kept at the nurse's stations. There is no safety issue because the homes don't let residents smoke in their rooms.

 

 

[Modok]

What about the water safety issue. There is running water in these places that the patients could drown in. Damn safety loon. Besides we should be filing down all the sharp points so they don't puncture themselves. Speaking of sharp points, come over here and let me run my file over the top of your head.

[sgtbono2002]

Those Cigarettes are going to kill that old woman. Doesnt she know the health risks? She could get lung cancer and cost us a ton of money taking care of her.