NEW YORK: Dinner time at a nursing home is not for the faint of heart.
There are as many idiosyncrasies as there are residents. One will only eat her pudding. Another woman screams for ice cream — but it must be vanilla.
Still another woman picks up her emptied plate and licks it clean, then proceeds to lick all the utensils “clean.” When you ask her why she’s doing it, she says it’s to help the kitchen staff clean up after dinner.