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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My therapist says she can't get her elderly clients to change their appointment if a younger, working person needs to move theirs due to work or family responsibilities.  The old folks say "I can't come at 11:30, that's when I eat my sandwich" or "that's when I cut my toenails" (the last one might be humor).[/quote]

LOL.  That's a fascinating anecdote.  Here's my little example -- My aunt (still a great driver at 70) said she could not take my mom (age 75) to the airport (5 miles away) at 7:00 pm one evening because "that's when I take a shower."[/quote]

It was probably more to do with night vision on your aunt's part.  She didn't want to come out and say "I'm not seeing well at night and I don't want to try and drive in all of that airport traffic during the dark."  She is still more than fine to drive but she knows her limits which is actually what you want![/quote]

This is the kind of lack of cognitive flexibility I expect in my 9 year old with ADHD, but I see it in my aging parents as well.  I don't get it.  I guess when you don't have other people to take care of anymore, you forget how to roll with things.[/quote]

If her vision is not what it used to be maybe she really shouldn't be driving at night.  That actually seems like a pretty responsible choice on her part.  I think the shower thing is just an excuse she came up with on the fly.  People who don't tell fibs very often are usually horrible liars, lol.[/quote]

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