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Originally Posted by Katsunami
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 like 95.
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. 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.
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It was just your wording that got to me.
He is also a bit older than I was thinking.
I guess part of your post that irritated me was the fact that my 98 year old aunt who was still doing pretty much everything she ever did except cooking and the dishes (she made her daughter start doing that about 10 years ago) died earlier today.
Anyway, good luck with dad, it sounds like a bit of depression to me. How long has your mom been gone?