We discovered what my grandma’s “old person smell” was when she came to live with us. She never washed her hands…just dabbled her fingertips in the water from the tap because she honestly didn’t think she got all that dirty. She didn’t use deoderant either, for the same reason. After she moved in, and her grandkids started washing and ironing the clothes for her, and her daughter got her some “nice smelling” deoderant, things improved a lot. A healthy balanced diet helped too. She had been living on a tiny pension, and when mom found out just how tiny it really was was when she moved in with us. The fresh produce from the garden and not worrying about stretching the money from her check turned her health around in short order.Pride kills.
We discovered what my grandma’s “old person smell” was when she came to live with us. She never washed her hands…just dabbled her fingertips in the water from the tap because she honestly didn’t think she got all that dirty. She didn’t use deoderant either, for the same reason. After she moved in, and her grandkids started washing and ironing the clothes for her, and her daughter got her some “nice smelling” deoderant, things improved a lot. A healthy balanced diet helped too. She had been living on a tiny pension, and when mom found out just how tiny it really was was when she moved in with us. The fresh produce from the garden and not worrying about stretching the money from her check turned her health around in short order.Pride kills.