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Old 10-05-2005, 21:55   #21
Billcat
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Re: What happenned to TACT in our Elders?

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Originally Posted by fireman
Why should anyone tolerate it. Bad manners are bad manners, whilst we alldo try to make allowances for age and confusion being outright rude to people, especially people who are doing their best to help is not classed as acceptable behaviour.
It's not always something that they can control. I've known any number of folks who had a serious personality change due to medical problems. It can be Alzheimer's, a stroke, or depression, just to name a few causes. It can even be an insulin-dependent diabetic going into insulin shock (my wife has been a Type I diabetic for more than forty-five years, so we'v had a lot of experience with this).
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