I don't know what this thread is doing for everyone else, but it sure makes my day (Not in a Clint Eastwood way.)

One thing that I believe is universal, momnopp, is the need to be touched. People in nursing homes are particularly hungry for a gentle touch that doesn't have anything to do with changing their sheets, or helping them to the bathroom (although those things can be done lovingly, too.) Just holding someone's hand connects them to life, and the weakest, most frail elderly woman lying flat on her back in a bed can have a grip that would bring a professional wrestler to his knees.

Keep the stories coming.

Jerry