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Habla Espanol or Don’t Get Old
Monday, September 24, 2007 : They say that children learn languages at a remarkably rapid rate. But the nation’s elderly are proving that adage to be a lot of Hungarian hogwash. It seems that linguists are speechless over the speed at which some seniors are mastering Spanish. Said one tongue-tied expert, “It’s like the opening of some science-fiction movie just before the aliens come.” In this case, the aliens are us.
The seniors aren’t hablando espanol just to communicate with the
housekeeper or the repair man. It’s part of adjusting to their new environment. According to USA Today, America’s aged are checking into Mexican nursing homes where the siestas are plentiful and the price is muy bueno - unlike America’s facilities that cost an arm, a leg, an elbow and a heap of pesos.
Said one expatriate, who used to play Grandpa on The Simpsons until he was replaced by a younger actor, “I can actually afford to eat now. Before I was surviving on fumes from my neighbor’s cooking. They were tasty, but not very filling.”
Though Mexican nursing homes are a new concept in a culture where families actually take care of their aging members, enterprising businessmen are learning the tricks of the trade rather quickly. One popular nursing home plans a jacuzzi and a swimming pool to make older Americans feel like they’re real human beings. It’s a foreign concept to many old folks.
Said the former Grandpa Simpson: “You mean I’m not going to be a burden to my family no more? They’re not gonna resent me ‘til I die then fight over what I leave behind? That’s downright un-American.”Read More
housekeeper or the repair man. It’s part of adjusting to their new environment. According to USA Today, America’s aged are checking into Mexican nursing homes where the siestas are plentiful and the price is muy bueno - unlike America’s facilities that cost an arm, a leg, an elbow and a heap of pesos.
Said one expatriate, who used to play Grandpa on The Simpsons until he was replaced by a younger actor, “I can actually afford to eat now. Before I was surviving on fumes from my neighbor’s cooking. They were tasty, but not very filling.”
Though Mexican nursing homes are a new concept in a culture where families actually take care of their aging members, enterprising businessmen are learning the tricks of the trade rather quickly. One popular nursing home plans a jacuzzi and a swimming pool to make older Americans feel like they’re real human beings. It’s a foreign concept to many old folks.
Said the former Grandpa Simpson: “You mean I’m not going to be a burden to my family no more? They’re not gonna resent me ‘til I die then fight over what I leave behind? That’s downright un-American.”Read More
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