▲ 775 ▼ Caw caw (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 20 points 7 months ago (1 child) This is what you see with elderly people in nursing homes. Something I wish I didn't know. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago (2 children) That's kinda sad. They should be taken care of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago To be fair, the nails in the pic are clearly taken care of. They're horrible, but they took effort to get like this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TomMasz@piefed.social 6 points 7 months ago A lot of elderly folks who are still living independently go to a podiatrist for nail trims since they lack the flexibility to do it themselves. This does happen in nursing homes, just not as often, especially if the person isn't capable of requesting it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago (2 children) That's kinda sad. They should be taken care of. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago To be fair, the nails in the pic are clearly taken care of. They're horrible, but they took effort to get like this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TomMasz@piefed.social 6 points 7 months ago A lot of elderly folks who are still living independently go to a podiatrist for nail trims since they lack the flexibility to do it themselves. This does happen in nursing homes, just not as often, especially if the person isn't capable of requesting it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago To be fair, the nails in the pic are clearly taken care of. They're horrible, but they took effort to get like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 6 points 7 months ago A lot of elderly folks who are still living independently go to a podiatrist for nail trims since they lack the flexibility to do it themselves. This does happen in nursing homes, just not as often, especially if the person isn't capable of requesting it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
