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<p>What if you were too young for the place you had no choice but to call home? At 39, Mel moved into a long-term care facility because of her MS. Fifteen years later, she's navigating a world designed for people twice her age—where privacy requires special door signs, intimacy becomes a spectator sport, and a single shower per week is the norm. With unflinching honesty and humour, Mel takes the fellas inside her daily reality: having meaningful conversations in a place where 90% of residents have dementia, fighting for basic dignities most take for granted, and hanging a "virtual meeting in process" sign when she needs... hanky panky time. This episode is a window into the rarely discussed intersection of disability, aging care systems, and what it means to maintain your identity when the world around you doesn't quite fit. Through Mel's advocacy and refusal to be an afterthought, we discover her powerful mantra: "Inaccessible is unacceptable. Dignity matters.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstejCbe9-zvG7nXgf-jwbg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be sure to catch the full video version of this episode on YouTube</a>! </p><p><br></p><p>Follow Sickboy on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sickboypodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sickboypodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://discord.gg/expeUDN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discord</a>.</p>

Sickboy

CBC

“I’m Too Young for the Nursing Home!” | Multiple Sclerosis

MAR 26, 202543 MIN
Sickboy

“I’m Too Young for the Nursing Home!” | Multiple Sclerosis

MAR 26, 202543 MIN

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<p>What if you were too young for the place you had no choice but to call home? At 39, Mel moved into a long-term care facility because of her MS. Fifteen years later, she's navigating a world designed for people twice her age—where privacy requires special door signs, intimacy becomes a spectator sport, and a single shower per week is the norm. With unflinching honesty and humour, Mel takes the fellas inside her daily reality: having meaningful conversations in a place where 90% of residents have dementia, fighting for basic dignities most take for granted, and hanging a "virtual meeting in process" sign when she needs... hanky panky time. This episode is a window into the rarely discussed intersection of disability, aging care systems, and what it means to maintain your identity when the world around you doesn't quite fit. Through Mel's advocacy and refusal to be an afterthought, we discover her powerful mantra: "Inaccessible is unacceptable. Dignity matters.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCstejCbe9-zvG7nXgf-jwbg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be sure to catch the full video version of this episode on YouTube</a>! </p><p><br></p><p>Follow Sickboy on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sickboypodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sickboypodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://discord.gg/expeUDN" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discord</a>.</p>