Worlds Oldest Person?

[FluffyColor]

Back when I was about five, the oldest person was 132. Amazing.................

 

[Laurajean]

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I used to be a live-in aide for an elderly woman named Louise in her 90's who had Alzheimer's. She had an adult daughter living in Connecticut who never visited even once in the 4 years that I lived there. Louise decided that I must be her daughter, and so she called me Carol; her daughter's name. I used to try and correct her that I wasn't Carol, but eventually I realized it soothed her thinking that I was, so I just let her call me that. One day she brought me into her room and gave me a ring. She said, "I want you to have this. This was meant for Carol..... I mean.... my other Carol, but you are more of a daughter to me." I smiled and hugged her and then went upstairs and quietly cried for a long time. I loved her, but I'm too emotional for that type of work.

 

[redhen]

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I used to be a live-in aide for an elderly woman named Louise in her 90's who had Alzheimer's. She had an adult daughter living in Connecticut who never visited even once in the 4 years that I lived there. Louise decided that I must be her daughter, and so she called me Carol; her daughter's name. I used to try and correct her that I wasn't Carol, but eventually I realized it soothed her thinking that I was, so I just let her call me that. One day she brought me into her room and gave me a ring. She said, "I want you to have this. This was meant for Carol..... I mean.... my other Carol, but you are more of a daughter to me." I smiled and hugged her and then went upstairs and quietly cried for a long time. I loved her, but I'm too emotional for that type of work.

Yeah..it is a hard job. It can be really heartbreaking..
And some of the things they say when they are in their "childhood" mind.... you just KNOW they were abused as kids... "No daddy! Dont..." etc..

Those ones used to just kill me inside..

And some of the woman would think their husband was still sround.. and they would be afraid that they would get beaten if they didnt get back home... they would be frantic to escape cause they were afraid.
I've heard all kinds of sad heartbreaking things..
Alot of the women had babydolls.. they either thought they were their real children...
and some were further along and played with them like young children would...
We had this one italian woman... if you even dared to touch her baby..you were dead meat... and she was serious...
She would sing to it..rock it.... change it.. everything...
And the sad part?? I never saw her real kids come in once to visit her...

 

[onthespot]

http://www.torontosun.com/news/weird/2010/06/08/14306001.html

This lady is supposed to be 157!

 

[High Roost Ranch]

I read about this lady earlier today, and that they lost her records during the war times. Too bad she wasn't able to write a book about everything she's seen. *edited because of a touch of stupid hit me while spelling write.*

 

[redhen]

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With an 108 year old daughter!

 

[teach1rusl]

My grandpa is only 99, a spring chicken compared to some of the others listed here...lol. But that old guy has a mind like a steel trap. I love talking with him about "the old days" and his experiences with everything from the Great Depression to racial issues through the years. He remembers names of girls in school (think he went to school up through the 8th grade)...has a hilarious story of sitting behind a little girl with long, platinum braids that he dipped into the inkwell because he was mad at her...

He remembers being so excited to be starting school and having his own slate, and then the school did away with slates that year

...went to paper. He's given me several of his old Readers. He still drives

out to the farm every day, works a bit on his tractor, etc. He's always been a worker...