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Originally posted by Yogi 19:
I was out last night and didn`t see it. Which channel was it on Pussy, because I might be able to see it on Catch Up?
I have seen a couple of documentaries on how the eldery are treated by some of the Care In The Community schemes and it was heartbreaking.

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
It's terribly sad. When you hear of people that have died and not been found for weeks or even months it rams home how insular our society has become in lots of ways. My mum lives with me and my family and it has worked out really well, we are there to support each other and gives me peace of mind knowing that there will always be someone there for her.

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Originally posted by pussycatj:

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Originally posted by Yogi 19:
I was out last night and didn`t see it. Which channel was it on Pussy, because I might be able to see it on Catch Up?
I have seen a couple of documentaries on how the eldery are treated by some of the Care In The Community schemes and it was heartbreaking.

not sure pet, will check cos I have it recorded.

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Originally posted by pussycatj:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
It's terribly sad. When you hear of people that have died and not been found for weeks or even months it rams home how insular our society has become in lots of ways. My mum lives with me and my family and it has worked out really well, we are there to support each other and gives me peace of mind knowing that there will always be someone there for her.

Thats so lovely so hear Ment, well done to you both. My daughter sat there last night with tears streaming down her face and said 'I'll never leave you and Dad on your own' bless

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Originally posted by Mentalist:

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Originally posted by pussycatj:

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Originally posted by Mentalist:
It's terribly sad. When you hear of people that have died and not been found for weeks or even months it rams home how insular our society has become in lots of ways. My mum lives with me and my family and it has worked out really well, we are there to support each other and gives me peace of mind knowing that there will always be someone there for her.

Thats so lovely so hear Ment, well done to you both. My daughter sat there last night with tears streaming down her face and said 'I'll never leave you and Dad on your own' bless

My son says those sorts of things, not sure if it's meant as a threat though!

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Originally posted by queenshaks:
Been watching Silverville every week.

These elderly people makes me laugh, cry, happy and so on.

Very sad for Jim,

I have every intention to look after my parents should they not be able to...they have done and still do so much for me I love them to death.

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Originally posted by pussycatj:


It was the first i'd watched queenie, and yes, as you say it made us laugh, but old Jim, saying he would never have another cat! If I were his carer i'd just take a kittie and say I found it, here you go. I really sobbed.

Shame there aren't more likeminded peeps

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

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Originally posted by pussycatj:


It was the first i'd watched queenie, and yes, as you say it made us laugh, but old Jim, saying he would never have another cat! If I were his carer i'd just take a kittie and say I found it, here you go. I really sobbed.

Shame there aren't more likeminded peeps

Awwww

Bleedin this and bleedin that. Maybe he can't bear the pain of losing another cat Pussy hence why he may not want another one.

That woman at 91, she's fitter than I am....shame. Her daughter seems a pain though.

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Originally posted by *BB*:
I've been following this series on iPlayer and it's extremely depressing. But I still watch it if only to remind me that I will kill myself before anyone sends me to such a place.

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Originally posted by BBea:
I have it on series link and I’ve been watching every week. There are some very sad and poignant moments (dealing with death so there are bound to be) and it exposes how selfish some people are (like the lady who put her – at 55 relatively young - husband in there against his wishes because he’d had a stroke). I wasn’t keen on the 91 year old woman OR her daughter who featured last night, complaining about the elderly people there who hadn’t bought their own property. Those two women represented everything I hate about attitudes to the elderly, where exactly did they expect the elderly who can’t afford to buy to bide – on the streets!?
It’s also a very heartening programme though, seeing people who’ve been together for decades still deeply in love. I don’t think the retirement village is an awful place, there are lots of people living there who obviously feel secure and part of a community.
Anyway it’s an amazing programme so kudos to the makers, gives a clarity I can cope with about something that will happen to us all (i.e. old age).

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Originally posted by *BB*:
I've been following this series on iPlayer and it's extremely depressing. But I still watch it if only to remind me that I will kill myself before anyone sends me to such a place.

It is depressing Bunny, but I think it's a good idea to show the world what getting old is really like, it's not all its cracked up to be is it hun