“Donald Hall, 86, a former poet laureate, probably captured
the general mood when he wrote that nursing homes are “old-folks storage bins”
and “for-profit-making expiration dormitories.” He wants to die in his
farmhouse in New Hampshire.
But I think that sounds pretty lonely. I wouldn’t mind going
into a nursing home and not coming out. In due time, thank you. I’m 64.”
Bert Stratton’s fine Op-Ed piece in the February 2, NY
Times, “Live, From the Nursing Home” presents
the flip-side of nursing homes. Stratton
is a member of a Klezmer group, the Yiddishe
Cup, that entertains in nursing homes and other venues.
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| Stratton and his group at a nursing home |
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