Name: Eileen Stone
Age: 99
Eileen Stone is a very opinionated, and optimistic person,although there have been setbacks in her life she has soldiered on which is probably one of the reasons she has reached the grand old age of 99. Eileen is disabled due to chronic arthritis and a fall about 15 years ago which left her needing both legs to be amputated.
Family
Eileen feels very luck as she is a mother of 3 children (with deceased husband Dick), grandmother of 6 children, and a great-grandmother of 2 children, she really enjoys it when her great-grandchildren visit.
Occupation
Retired at the age of 60 having spent most of her life working as an Author of childrens books. One of her biggest achievement in her working life was to get a contract from Bloomsbury at the age of 34. She wrote many successful novels under her publisher Bloomsbury.
Demographic Attributes
A retirement/nursing house in Devon.
Health
She is disabled thus is in a wheelchair people in the nursing/retirement home help her with day to day tasks. She also has chronic arthritis for which medication is taken. She is generally in good health for her age though.
Household and Leisure Activities
Due to her reliance on other people Eileen isn't as active as she would like to be but, her hobbies include knitting which she tends to do everyday, the clothing she knits tend to be given to family or to various charities. Eileen also likes her puzzles which she has done ever since she was a young girl with her grandmother. Although she is a retired author Eileen still find time to write (both letters and short story's for her great grandchildren).
Eileen loves going to church as she is a very religous lady and like to see friends who also go to the church. Eileen also enjoys and watching her favourite TV shows.
Goals, Fears, and Aspirations
As Eileen is retired now her goals in life have mainly already been achieved but, Eileen would like to continue to keep as active as she possible can and make the most out of the rest of her life by seeing her family. Eileen biggest fear of all is to have to be completely reliant on carers at the moment she has got used to the fact she needs help but if she was fully dependent on other people she would lose the will to live. Eileen aspires to continue her life and try to get out of the nursing home a bit more if possible.
Computer Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
In Eileen words Technology and her go together like "chalk and cheese". She lose patience with a lot of new technology and find it hard to remember even the simpilist of modern technologies. Although Eileen has be taught how to use a VCR and now fully understands how to use it. Eileen doesn't care much about technology and doesn't have a lot of motivation to try and understand.
A Day in the Life of Eileen
As Eileen relies on carers to give her a helping hand she wakes up at a similar time everyday at 6:30 am. At about 9:30 am she goes to the living room where most of her friends in the home are having a morning coffee. Today the topic of conversion is pensions as some of them are going out to the local shops to withdraw money and have a browse of other shops. Eileen is going to the shops with some of the staff on the Ring & Ride service. After shopping Eileen watches some TV in the lounge including her favourite program Diagnostic Murder . Eileen will then have diner around 5:30 - 6 pm where on some Sundays her family join her and Eileen cooks a roast diner, which is her favourite. Eileen continues to watch programs on TV or listen to music until around 10 pm where she gets help to go to bed.
