JumpyTheFrog Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2071319/Fake-bus-stop-keeps-Alzheimers-patients-from-wandering-off.html There are fake bus stops in front of some German nursing homes. After patients wait for the bus to take them "home," someone comes out and says the bus is delayed and invites them in for tea or coffee. Eventually, they forget they were trying to leave. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Simply genius! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Respectful and humane. 👠3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Such a neat idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Wonderful idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I showed my family this. They are already designing the entrance to a casino. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Off topic, but I once waited at a defunct bus stop for like 45 minutes. They had moved the stop around the corner but left the old shelter up. In retrospect, it was no longer labelled or had the time tables up, but it was still where google maps said it should be! I eventually gave up and went home, but later found the correct stop by accident. LOL The fake bus stop is a great plan as long as unsuspecting airheads like myself are warned... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Off topic, but I once waited at a defunct bus stop for like 45 minutes. They had moved the stop around the corner but left the old shelter up. In retrospect, it was no longer labelled or had the time tables up, but it was still where google maps said it should be! I eventually gave up and went home, but later found the correct stop by accident. LOL The fake bus stop is a great plan as long as unsuspecting airheads like myself are warned... At least you'd have a nice conversation if you waited there. And maybe the nurse would take pity on you and invite you in for coffee with your new friends. :D 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 I showed my family this. They are already designing the entrance to a casino. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 In Australia it would have to be a taxi cab stop. The nursing home I worked in the residents were always asking me to call them a cab to go home :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 In Australia it would have to be a taxi cab stop. The nursing home I worked in the residents were always asking me to call them a cab to go home :lol: Where my mum used to work, they just walked! Mum used to get called to come and talk one back from traffic islands in her school-girl German! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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