[email protected] wrote: > > Have tipsters been following the case of the 98 year old lady who > strangled her 100 year old husband at a nursing home? Should this be > construed that aging does not diminish the natural born killer instinct?
Without wanting to make light of this sad case, anyone who has dealt with extremely elderly dementing people is well aware that the ability to inhibit aggressive impulses is one of the things that goes (in some cases). Violence in nursing homes (among the patients) is an ever-present challenge. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
