I love women like Helen Lambin. Confident and attractive and proud of her tattoos. Helen is a perfect example how seniors can still pull off the cool look and attitude. Lambin feels that her tattoos offer her an opportunity to connect with and talk with young people she meets when she’s out in public. The tattoos give people a reason to start a conversation with her. She thinks that her tattoos seem to help young people look at her as more of a person than some old lady with gray hair. It’s like a communication tool which helps bridge the generation gap.
One of the most interesting facts about her work is that she got her very first tattoo just 3 years ago. (And you know how that goes – after the first she was addicted.)
She got her first tattoo to help snap her out of a funk she got into about getting older. She decided to cheer herself up with her first tattoo.
Although she won’t give her age, Lambin has 3 kids in their 40’s and an eighteen year old granddaughter.
Prior to reading this story, I had thought my friend’s (a tattoo artist) Mom was the oldest person- she was in her 80′s and volunteered to help her daughter when she was first learning the art. But no – back in 2004 an 94 year old man from PA got his first tattoo – I should say tattoos as he got one on each arm. 
Interesting senior home – Zandex Health Care, which owns seven nursing homes in Ohio began a senior version of grant your wish program several years ago. Each month, Zandex tries to grant the wish of a resident from one of its homes. 
