so buying a new TV for the house...looking at a 55 inch LCD flatscreen, high definition.....you know, the "new" stuff that is out there. old TV is a 35 inch screen CRT (you know...the big boxy ones) from about a decade or so ago.
not my money, not complaining. asked if I wanted the old, big screen, declined....I simply have no room for it.
so instead, my step-father is going to check with the nursing home his father is in. they have a small TV in their common room. if the nursing homes wants the TV, its theirs. this way, we know it goes to a good cause.
and yeah....he's one of the odd children who made the decision with his father to put him in a nursing home (age 92 with Parkinsons Disease) and visits his father almost daily. at the least, he gets out of work at 10:30 AM, does some errands, then drives over to have lunch with his father. and spends Saturday watching Syracuse football (his father is a big Syracuse Basketball/Football fan) with his father. and during Basketball season, will re-arrange his schedule to watch the games with his father. so yup.....my step-father's father is in a nursing home...and visited quite often. and from what I hear....that's not the norm....
kind of sad, if you ask me. when did we, as a society, view our elderly, disabled, and those who are sick as a person to be warehoused away instead of kept as part of the family?
not my money, not complaining. asked if I wanted the old, big screen, declined....I simply have no room for it.
so instead, my step-father is going to check with the nursing home his father is in. they have a small TV in their common room. if the nursing homes wants the TV, its theirs. this way, we know it goes to a good cause.
and yeah....he's one of the odd children who made the decision with his father to put him in a nursing home (age 92 with Parkinsons Disease) and visits his father almost daily. at the least, he gets out of work at 10:30 AM, does some errands, then drives over to have lunch with his father. and spends Saturday watching Syracuse football (his father is a big Syracuse Basketball/Football fan) with his father. and during Basketball season, will re-arrange his schedule to watch the games with his father. so yup.....my step-father's father is in a nursing home...and visited quite often. and from what I hear....that's not the norm....
kind of sad, if you ask me. when did we, as a society, view our elderly, disabled, and those who are sick as a person to be warehoused away instead of kept as part of the family?
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You can ask friends if they have TVs that they need to get rid of. Chances are, you'll know someone who knows someone. That's how we got ours.