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They Put A Pre-School In A Nursing Home And It Changed Everyone’s Life. (Original Post) elleng Oct 2015 OP
The genius of community Fairgo Oct 2015 #1
What a brilliant idea! longship Oct 2015 #2
Thanks! Fairgo Oct 2015 #3
That madamesilverspurs Oct 2015 #4

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
1. The genius of community
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 07:06 PM
Oct 2015

Nursing homes are an abomination to human nature. Isolating money farms with cemetery fields, not unlike the prison model we use in the war on poverty. They are only necessary because community was replaced by profit and the industrial age stripped old age of its meaning and place. Put day care in the nursing home. Put the nursing home in the mall. Put the mall in the middle of town and encircle it with parks and other living spaces within walking distance of all services. Then knock down every unnecessary wall and plant a tree.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. What a brilliant idea!
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 07:55 PM
Oct 2015

Fairgo, I would go to the fair with you any day and any time. Hopefully, many would join us. And there would be all kinds of folks with us.

Your post raises my faith in humanity.



Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
3. Thanks!
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 08:09 PM
Oct 2015

I would gladly meet you there. I'll be the guy in the fedora hanging out with the yarnistas at the knitters and spinners tent.

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