*A:M User* Roger Posted May 29, 2013 *A:M User* Posted May 29, 2013 I can't even imagine being this darn old: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/last-...-181224235.html I'm not sure I'd want to be that old, unless I had the quality of life of a healthy 70 year old person today. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 29, 2013 Hash Fellow Posted May 29, 2013 My dad is 96 and he's in better shape than that but not exactly living a vibrant life. He can still feed and dress himself and turn the TV on. I think people who make it to those advanced ages have declined very gradually so they have time to adjust to each new impediment. These aren't people who have had a broken hip or a stroke. I look back at the last 30 years and it's obvious my dad is not what he used to be but there aren't many obvious events that got him here, he's just been on a very slow ramp down that could go on for anther 10 years. He had a sister that lived to 104 and he's in about the same shape now that she was at his age. Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted May 30, 2013 Author *A:M User* Posted May 30, 2013 Well, not that anyone gets to choose, but I can't imagine living the last 10 to 20 years of my life as a virtual invalid. Who knows if that is the case with this man, or if he only took a turn for the worse at 110. I imagine healthy living no matter how old you are will help stave off the inevitable somewhat. I guess if the decline was gradual as opposed to sudden it wouldn't be as bad, but I can't say I'm crazy about the prospect of being in that condition. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted May 30, 2013 Hash Fellow Posted May 30, 2013 ... but I can't imagine living the last 10 to 20 years of my life as a virtual invalid. Somehow Stephen Hawking makes it work for him. You do what you have to do if you want to do it. Quote
*A:M User* Roger Posted May 30, 2013 Author *A:M User* Posted May 30, 2013 ... but I can't imagine living the last 10 to 20 years of my life as a virtual invalid. Somehow Stephen Hawking makes it work for him. You do what you have to do if you want to do it. Well, I guess you work with what you're given. Not a fate I'd wish on anyone, that's for sure. Quote
thejobe Posted May 30, 2013 Posted May 30, 2013 my grandmother was 91 last January. she died in the following month. she was my last living grandparent. she was a great stubborn lady Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 5, 2013 Hash Fellow Posted June 5, 2013 A 105 year-old driver in New Zealand... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22784321 Quote
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