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Autistic and old

TheCatWoman

I'm wondering what it will be like for autistic people as we age and maybe need residential care, will there be any provision for us? Will the cognitive tests for dementia be modified to accomodate us? I could well see a situation where I'm asked to do something and can't do it because I've never been able to do it and its not a sign of cognitive degeneration.

How will care homes cope with us? Will we be force fed ABBA or The Beatles because thats what some well meaning NT decides was popular in our youth? What if we want to listen to the Sex Pistols or the Clash, or Pink Floyd? I see older people in care homes and what they're made to put up with in terms of "activities", a steady diet of soaps would make me wish to to impaired to care, will we be able to watch re-runs of Game of Thrones? What about our need for personal space? I've heard that called "self isolating" by dementia nurses, it dosent' seem to occur to them that for many of us hell is other people.

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  • It’s an interesting discussion, as I’ve been hearing online over the last few years about care homes specifically for older LGBT people - in my late Dad’s care home back home in Ireland, I heard from other family members that there was a lovely young gay male nurse who after completing his nursing training and after gaining experience in caring for older people, he was starting a project to set up a care home for older LGBT people - it would appear that many of the needs of older LGBT people are perhaps similar to ours as we get older 

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  • It’s an interesting discussion, as I’ve been hearing online over the last few years about care homes specifically for older LGBT people - in my late Dad’s care home back home in Ireland, I heard from other family members that there was a lovely young gay male nurse who after completing his nursing training and after gaining experience in caring for older people, he was starting a project to set up a care home for older LGBT people - it would appear that many of the needs of older LGBT people are perhaps similar to ours as we get older 

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