I had dinner with my parents tonight. They were talking of an 80 year old they know who has recently been in hospital. Mum commented that he has so many things wrong with him she didn't think he would 'make old bones'. I asked my 82 year old mother (rather bravely I thought!) what her definition of 'old bones' was. "Um.....85" she replied with an inflection in her voice.
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Hi Campbell,
Do you think your Mum’s definition of “old bones” will still be 85 in 3 years? This reminds me of when I deemed anyone over the age of 30 as “over-the-hill” until I got there. The bar keeps rising as the years go by….
My mother is also 82. She just spent three weeks in hospital following heart and renal failure but has now recovered and returned to her nursing home where she is a resident in the dementia unit. She no longer has any concept of age.
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