[notfarnow]

yeah that's a tough one, because it's so hard to call them on their behavior. No one wants to correct the elderly, so they can get into some bad habits.

My dad is down from Montreal, he went to see granny at "the home" last week. They've taken away her cane, because she was "using it to exert undue influence on staff and other patients".

My mother's mother is a whole different story. She's 86 and she is younger now than I remmber when I was a kid. She swears now, and loves to have a glass of wine and have a laugh.

She has "happy hour" every friday for the hens. All the aunts, daughters, grandaughters, nieces go to nanny's big old house for drinks after work. 20+ people, it's quite a scene... Nanny lives for fridays.