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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / August 2007OTP: Are seniors "adults"
Putnam County stops serving donuts to seniorsTrying to have better nurtition at senior centers New York, August 9, 2007 Looks like the free donuts may be numbered at Putnam County senior centers. The county north of New York City has decided to stop serving the sweet treats to senior citizens at the county's five nutrition centers. The Office for the Aging has been getting free "day old" donuts from local donut shops, delis and stores, and then passing them out at the centers. But nutritionists have questioned if the donuts are good for the over 65 set, which is susceptible to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. The issue has been turned over to the Putnam County Legislature which will debate in the coming weeks if the free donuts should be given out. Legislator Sam Olivierio, who heads the legislature's Health Committee, said the seniors should be allowed to make their own decisions. They are, after all, adults. He said one man at the center told him "'senior citizens not senile citizens."' William Huestis, director of the county's Office for the Aging, said what started as a good idea of having free donuts has turned around. His staff is against handing out the free treats, because the elderly have more health problems. About a thousand seniors total head to the county's five nutrition centers each day for lunch. > Putnam County stops serving donuts to seniorsTrying to have better > nurtition [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > About a thousand seniors total head to the county's five nutrition centers > each day for lunch. When we were looking for an assisted living facility for my mother, we toured the place she eventually lived for the last years of her life. When we went to the dining room, they explained how seating was managed and how food choices were dealt with. They also added that at breakfast anyone could order eggs cooked any way they wished. This was about the same time as the beginning of the big salmonella in eggs scare. They explained that anyone who had lived long enough to need their services was entitled to decide how they wanted their eggs cooked. If they wanted to take a chance on over easy that's what they would get. It was also included as a part of the contract when we signed her in. Jo gads! i wish people would just get over themselves and STOP imposing/thinking-about-imposing these kinds of personal intrusions on the lives of others! the sheer arrogance, of those who think they know what's best for other people and impose it on others, angers me. it's like -- ok, you guys, fewer pedestrians will get hit by cars if ALL pedestrians wear blaze yellow or blaze orange. therefore, let's legislate that all pedestrians have to wear ONLY those colors. geesh. uhoh . . . some nimcompoop will probably think that's a good idea, too! kate Putnam County stops serving donuts to seniorsTrying to have better nurtition at senior centers New York, August 9, 2007 Looks like the free donuts may be numbered at Putnam County senior centers. The county north of New York City has decided to stop serving the sweet treats to senior citizens at the county's five nutrition centers. The Office for the Aging has been getting free "day old" donuts from local donut shops, delis and stores, and then passing them out at the centers. But nutritionists have questioned if the donuts are good for the over 65 set, which is susceptible to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. The issue has been turned over to the Putnam County Legislature which will debate in the coming weeks if the free donuts should be given out. Legislator Sam Olivierio, who heads the legislature's Health Committee, said the seniors should be allowed to make their own decisions. They are, after all, adults. He said one man at the center told him "'senior citizens not senile citizens."' William Huestis, director of the county's Office for the Aging, said what started as a good idea of having free donuts has turned around. His staff is against handing out the free treats, because the elderly have more health problems. About a thousand seniors total head to the county's five nutrition centers each day for lunch. i'm sorry you guys. this kind of stuff makes me a little more cranky than i already am, painwise. kate gads! i wish people would just get over themselves and STOP imposing/thinking-about-imposing these kinds of personal intrusions on the lives of others! the sheer arrogance, of those who think they know what's best for other people and impose it on others, angers me. it's like -- ok, you guys, fewer pedestrians will get hit by cars if ALL pedestrians wear blaze yellow or blaze orange. therefore, let's legislate that all pedestrians have to wear ONLY those colors. geesh. uhoh . . . some nimcompoop will probably think that's a good idea, too! kate Putnam County stops serving donuts to seniorsTrying to have better nurtition at senior centers New York, August 9, 2007 Looks like the free donuts may be numbered at Putnam County senior centers. The county north of New York City has decided to stop serving the sweet treats to senior citizens at the county's five nutrition centers. The Office for the Aging has been getting free "day old" donuts from local donut shops, delis and stores, and then passing them out at the centers. But nutritionists have questioned if the donuts are good for the over 65 set, which is susceptible to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. The issue has been turned over to the Putnam County Legislature which will debate in the coming weeks if the free donuts should be given out. Legislator Sam Olivierio, who heads the legislature's Health Committee, said the seniors should be allowed to make their own decisions. They are, after all, adults. He said one man at the center told him "'senior citizens not senile citizens."' William Huestis, director of the county's Office for the Aging, said what started as a good idea of having free donuts has turned around. His staff is against handing out the free treats, because the elderly have more health problems. About a thousand seniors total head to the county's five nutrition centers each day for lunch. |
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