Medicating Elderly

"Medicating Elderly"

A man goes to visit his 85 year old grandfather in the
retirement village. "How are you Grandpa?" he asks.
"Feeling fine", says the old man.
"What's the food like?"
"Terrific, wonderful menus."
"And the nursing?"
"Just couldn't be better. These young nurses really
take care of me."
"What about sleeping? Do you sleep OK?"
"No problem at all. Nine hours solid every night. At
10 o'clock they bring me a cup of hot chocolate and
a Viagra tablet and that's it. I go out like a light."

The grandson is puzzled and a little alarmed by this,
o much so, that he rushes off to question the head
nurse. "What are you people doing?" he says "I'm told
you're giving an 85 year old, V[agra on a daily basis.
Surely that can't be true?"

"Oh, yes," replies the nurse. "Every night at 10 o'clock
we give him a cup of hot chocolate and a V[agra tablet.
It works wonderfully well. The hot chocolate makes
him sleep and the V[agra stops him rolling out of bed."
Received on Sat Dec 20 22:33:54 2003