Casshew
11-15-2005, 11:21 PM
A nursing home in Ireland has hit on a cheering way to keep up the spirits of its elderly patients -- by providing its own pub. St Mary's Hospital in County Monaghan, near the Irish border with Northern Ireland, believes ready access to a good pint may help its patients -- average age 85 -- actually live longer.
"We would say the whole social aspect of life does extend the years -- it means the patients aren't bored to death," Rose Mooney, assistant director of nursing told Reuters.
The pub, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. and charges normal bar prices, had also led to an increase in the number of visitors, she said.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20051114/2005-11-14T181607Z_01_MO (http://reuters.myway.com/article/20051114/2005-11-14T181607Z_01_MOL465516_RTRIDST_0_ODD-IRELAND-PUB-DC.html)
"We would say the whole social aspect of life does extend the years -- it means the patients aren't bored to death," Rose Mooney, assistant director of nursing told Reuters.
The pub, which opens at 11 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. and charges normal bar prices, had also led to an increase in the number of visitors, she said.
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20051114/2005-11-14T181607Z_01_MO (http://reuters.myway.com/article/20051114/2005-11-14T181607Z_01_MOL465516_RTRIDST_0_ODD-IRELAND-PUB-DC.html)