Once upon a time, in the Castle Vista, the dining room, which was the pride and joy of the owners as it overlooked Central Park, had chairs and tables that made it simple for Beck to get up from. Then they decided, of all the things they could spend money on: a real gym, more … Continue reading Dangerous Rollater
Category: Life in the Castle
People and incidents in Castle Vista
Analyze This
The real problem here, is that there are simply too many beings with dementia of some kind. I suspect that this is the major issue in most institutions dealing with the elderly. The second related issue is that "Patient Assistants" simply don't know the basics of how to deal with these people, especially the more … Continue reading Analyze This
Ghosts in the House Part III
I know it's been a few days since the last posts. But I had a wealth of information, and/or gossip come my way about the spooky "help me," voice I was hearing. If I remember, the last episode ended with me confronting one of the night staff . The blue coats that wander around, mostly … Continue reading Ghosts in the House Part III
About these sketches
All of the incidents that happen in these sketches are true except for the one I think might have happened but didn't: the throwing of the corn flakes. It's true that the woman who wears two completely different outfits a day has a fight at every meal. It's also true that she enter the dinning … Continue reading About these sketches
Scene from Speghetti Western
It really was a memorable night in the dispensary waiting room last night. I can never get the timing right. I try to get down there when it's empty so I can go right in and get my night meds. At 8 pm the place is usually empty, but last night the Mets were playing … Continue reading Scene from Speghetti Western
Wednesday in Al-Ezium
I don't need an alarm clock. Every morning, I hear the AlEzium mumbler from across the hall. Usually it goes on from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. "Alesium, alyssum, allahalla, al-mirorium, STOP!" Well technology and the hard-of-hearing don't get along very well. You would need DEEP MIND (or a another sort of quantum computer) to … Continue reading Wednesday in Al-Ezium
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
I may have mentioned this before, if so forgive me. There is a woman here, well put together, hair in a bun, fashionable clothes from the 50s, and made up to look like she was still in her 30s. None of that is important. Just a bit of background to the painting. What is important … Continue reading Oh What a Beautiful Morning
One Realization
Is that I'll never be back physically to what I was. I know that's the wrong pc attitude but that is my current reality. There are too many concurrent diseases going on. The strokes were one thing. The Crohn's another. If that was it, there might be a slim possibility of nearly full recovery. But … Continue reading One Realization
Old Age Tales
They try very hard to keep demented people out of this place (I haven't given it a fictitious name yet) but the problem is that if you fill a building with people whose average age is about 75, you are eventually going to get some Alzheimers cases, even if they were perfectly sane to start … Continue reading Old Age Tales
