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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Hey child,
Just because your dad can't do anything is no reason to think all older people are like that.
My husband is about your father's age. He knows where his tools are. He knows how to put up a bracket. Heck, he has redone many buildings.
Just because you only associate with stupid people where you livedoes not make everyone else over the age of 50 stupid.
Let me put it this way. Half the people in this forum are old enough to have changed your diapers. There are several very brilliant people here at Mobileread that could have changed your mama's diaper.
I do sympathize with you on the parent thing. My mom could put up a bracket, but I doubt she could do the technical stuff.
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I didn't say "all older people."
My dad was perfectly able to put up a bracket, 5 years ago. At that time he'd probably be able to do almost anything he wanted if he cared to. He's just becoming less and less interested in whatever needs doing. There wasn't a lot of difference between him at 60 and at 75, but now at 78, he seems as if he's 95 sometimes.
He isn't stupid either; it's his interest in doing stuff that needs doing which is at about -20 degrees, and he doesn't care. If something needs to be done, for whatever reason, he's forgotten where all of his stuff is (and how it works) because he hasn't used it for years.
After he finally finds all the parts (screws, plugs, drills of the right sizes, a drill actually powerful enough, calipers, and so on), he'll be able to mount the bracket. That's not the point It's the finding the parts stuff (and then finding out how they work) that's taking ages and ages.
I don't even want to think what could happen in case of an emergency.
Therefore, IMHO, he and other older people like him shouldn't be living alone in such a large houses anymore. I think, however, convincing him to move will be harder than trying to get hell to freeze over.
It's neither the fact that he's old that bothers me, nor that he has problems doing things. What bothers me is the fact that he doesn't care and sees no need to change anything and denies he needs help with certain things.