Just Thinking Out loud

So like this morning I was good and worked out .. yeah me (clapping my hands in front of me like London Tipton on Suite Life). Then I showered, cleaned the shower, did my hair, got dressed, and all the while listening to the Today show; which I don't normally do.

Now I am sitting at my computer trying to get myself involved with a paper that I will turn in later today for my Human Development class regarding the development of sexual predators.

Ironically, the Today show reported an alarming story regarding sexual predators in nursing homes. Odd. I think it was in Oklahoma, where an elderly woman was raped by an elderly man who resided in the nursing home.

Did you know that only three states require background checks of their residents?
Did you also know that most people think that the older a sexual predator gets the less dangerous they are to society.

The man was like eighty something.
My grandparents still get it on and they are both eighty something.
So what makes you think that just because a person is elderly and possible demented that they don't still have a sex drive or a certain pathology?

The old man had over ten priors in his past.
He was found wondering the streets and put into the nursing home because he was in danger.
The judge said he was not a threat to society any longer.

Oh yeah?
I don't think this elderly woman's family would have put their mother in that home if they had known a sexual predator was residing there.

Only recently have people began to recognize the importance of protecting the elderly from these predators. Some are thinking of putting all the elderly predators together in a nursing home designed for them. My question is this: They are still predators. What will keep them from trying to assult each other? Shouldn't there be confinement?

So, my advice to you is this: Hire a nurse and have your elderly parents or grandparents stay wtih you. At least the nurse has to have a background check before you hire her. It will cost you relatively the same to have a home health aid come to your home everyday as it would putting them into a nursing home. It may save you money and heart ache later.

Pray for God's protection over our elderly in America.