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In reply to the discussion: Get Ready To Pay $60,000 Per Annum For Relative's Long Term Care. [View all]LoisB
(12,652 posts)3. "nursing homes will start to discharge residents from nursing home to their relatives
and those without relatives will no doubt be simply tossed onto the sidewalks or dropped off at the nearest emergency room on skid row.
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TheMastersNemesis
Mar 2017
OP
"nursing homes will start to discharge residents from nursing home to their relatives
LoisB
Mar 2017
#3
So true! My elderly ex-mother-in-law (MIL) was trying to light cigarettes, but she was actually
manicraven
Mar 2017
#38
And in the future, people without means won't be able to have nursing home care, no
manicraven
Mar 2017
#56
My 88-yr old grandmother had to enter a nursing home last year because of dementia
NickB79
Mar 2017
#75
This will likely be their solution, food for the poor, and solutions to old age. n/t
RKP5637
Mar 2017
#77
Many are buying long term insurance now. If you can swing it, everyone should.
yeoman6987
Mar 2017
#27
Yes. That's a shame though. Although we have to review auto and life insurance
yeoman6987
Mar 2017
#42
Like a DU'er mentioned above, please review it every few years so the cost per day goes up
yeoman6987
Mar 2017
#45
I'm glad I decided long ago I'd rather commit suicide than be stuck in a nursing home.
Vinca
Mar 2017
#22
We paid roughly $120,000* for my mother and my father-in-law about 10 years ago. We would have.....
George II
Mar 2017
#23
My husband's father did that. Actually told his wife to go home because he needed
mnhtnbb
Mar 2017
#83
I like your plan! I've been giving a lot of thought as I'm aging to how I want to go out...
manicraven
Mar 2017
#50
Yes, she can stay in rehab for 100 days but Medicare only fully covers the first 20. On the 21st
Trust Buster
Mar 2017
#81
Yes, lots of people don't have kids or anybody they can turn to. It's really very sad.
manicraven
Mar 2017
#53
The Guberment has no money for these old,non tax paying drains,BUT we have plenty for...
Bengus81
Mar 2017
#36
The nursing homes, hospitals, medical staffs, pharmaceutical companies,
democratisphere
Mar 2017
#57