Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[bcipam]

Not only is it sad to see once sharp and intelligent parents bcome confused and addled, I also now have the fear the same thing will happen to me. Growing old really sucks!

[ClockworkOrange]

Not only is it sad to see once sharp and intelligent parents bcome confused and addled, I also now have the fear the same thing will happen to me. Growing old really sucks!

Pam

Hopefully this will make you chuckle, living in the UK the USA just seems so big and I am rather ignorant of where different places are. Just out of curiosity typed in Tustin, as I had never heard of it, and came up with the following:

Tustin Median resident age: 31.8 years

Apparently 40 years in my area.

Looks like we are way to old for where we live..............

Sally

[mimitabby]

what's the link, Clockwork?

[ClockworkOrange]

what's the link, Clockwork?

Hi mimi

No link in particular, I just do a search on various places, I tend to do this with most postings, it is just nice to get a feel of whereabouts in the world somebody lives.

This particular search came up with:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Tustin-California.html

Hope you are OK.

Sally

[mimitabby]

Sally, I am doing fine. I thought you found a website where you put in a city name and "median age" popped out. But i guess you could do that with google.

Seattle median age 36.9!

[missymaya]

[QUOTE]bcipamNot only is it sad to see once sharp and intelligent parents bcome confused and addled, I also now have the fear the same thing will happen to me. Growing old really sucks!
My grandfather is going through the very begining stages of alzheimers along with dementia and it's very hard to deal with. He helped my mom take care of us when we were little, during the hard times, and now seeing this sweet kind soul slowly fade is disheartening. But, he's lived a great life and at almost 90, he's doing fairly well. That's all I can be greatful for, that he's still here and that he's surrounded with people who love him. Im starting to make recordings of his old stories so I can tell my nieces and nephews about what their great grandpa!

[SandyLS]

Early in my Dad's illness we would work together on one of those memory books ment for grandparends to give to grandkids. A few days I thought to record our conversations. I just listened to the tape yesterday for the first time. Sure wish I would have recorded a lot more. Priceless!
Sally, every time I start to feel down and complain about my parent's situation my husband always says, "at least you still have parents". Loosing a partent at a young age would even be worse I think.

[Kitsune06]

http://www.city-data.com/city/Portland-Oregon.html

[Bad JuJu]

My dad, at 81, lives in the Alaska Pioneers' Home now--he'd started leaving the house in the middle of the night--think an elderly man out on an Alaska night in nothing but underwear and socks. We're not sure any longer whether he even knows who we are. But he can still play a few tunes on the harmonica, and in fact, until about a year ago, could still play along when my brother at the guitar and my nephew at the piano were jamming, just improvising.

I'm like many of you--not only am I sad about my dad, but I also think dark thoughts whenever I can't think of a word or forget whether I took my vitamins yesterday. It's important to keep learning--that's just what I'm doing.