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mnhtnbb

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32. I don't think it's sad.

Thu Mar 9, 2017, 03:45 PM

Mar 2017

We do it for our beloved fur babies. Why shouldn't people be able to choose to exit? Why should we be forced to endure
physical and mental deterioration and made to feel guilty for not wanting to live that way?

I'm a retired hospital administrator. I've seen a lot of human physical/mental deterioration from a distance--
and up close watching my 91 year old mother, then 91 year old father deteriorate. My father couldn't feed
himself, read, change the channels on TV, push the buttons on a CD player, or even go to the bathroom by himself
at the end. He was hallucinating that my brother was working on a house across the street from his nursing home and that his
dead wife was the woman living in the room next door at the nursing home.

No, thanks. Not for me.

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Get Ready To Pay $60,000 Per Annum For Relative's Long Term Care. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2017 OP

In Wisconsin the average per month for nursing homes AJT Mar 2017 #1

Same thing in the Northeast - more than $120K per year. George II Mar 2017 #24

The real GOP plan-Each family is a death panel n2doc Mar 2017 #2

I will be my own death panel. redwitch Mar 2017 #58

"nursing homes will start to discharge residents from nursing home to their relatives LoisB Mar 2017 #3

People will die in the gutter like in India. dalton99a Mar 2017 #9

Elderly people will be kept at home, die in accidents at home, or Ilsa Mar 2017 #29

So true! My elderly ex-mother-in-law (MIL) was trying to light cigarettes, but she was actually manicraven Mar 2017 #38

I'm so sorry. Ilsa Mar 2017 #54

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

And no "reporter" ever asks exboyfil Mar 2017 #4

Just wrote about filial responsibility last week rurallib Mar 2017 #51

My wife's late mother was paying about $7000 per month MineralMan Mar 2017 #5

Heartless. Just to funnel more cash to the richest Americans. nt oasis Mar 2017 #6

No, more like $100K. pnwmom Mar 2017 #7

Two words Friend or Foe Mar 2017 #8

This will likely be their solution, food for the poor, and solutions to old age. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #77

Long term care is not covered by health insurance, AFAIK. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #10

Medicaid pays. DURHAM D Mar 2017 #12

Everyone? Or are there some conditions? Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #13

it's means tested. mopinko Mar 2017 #15

Everyone who qualifies for Medicaid. DURHAM D Mar 2017 #17

Yes, more likely the state is picking up the bill, and Ilsa Mar 2017 #31

Not true for a married couple where one needs marybourg Mar 2017 #49

You are correct - one spouse gets to isolate their funds DURHAM D Mar 2017 #67

It does. And it often covers seniors and the disabled who have no LuckyLib Mar 2017 #16

That is true. nt DURHAM D Mar 2017 #18

Many are buying long term insurance now. If you can swing it, everyone should. yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #27

But you have to plan far ahead on long term care insurance csziggy Mar 2017 #41

Yes. That's a shame though. Although we have to review auto and life insurance yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #42

We started when we retired TNNurse Mar 2017 #44

Like a DU'er mentioned above, please review it every few years so the cost per day goes up yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #45

We do not have children and feel responsible for ourselves. TNNurse Mar 2017 #47

See Paul Ryan ManSplaining His Plan On CNN? He Left Out Most Stuff RainAndMoreRain Mar 2017 #11

How does the Ryan plan end medicaid? jmg257 Mar 2017 #14

Check out the article at the following link, but basically manicraven Mar 2017 #43

These are the real death panels. colorado_ufo Mar 2017 #19

More like 10k per month for nursing home care DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #20

But shouldn't a person's savings go to pay for their care? TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #52

The patient's money is used up first, currently, and then Medicaid kicks in. dawg Mar 2017 #66

This is my scenario. My mom is in a nursing home with Alzheimers Cal Carpenter Mar 2017 #68

It does, but certain income is exempt DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #72

I think most children actually want their parents marybourg Mar 2017 #69

In BC for 2017 it's minimum $1104 and maximum of $3240 per month OnlinePoker Mar 2017 #21

IN other states it is a lot lower than that crazycatlady Mar 2017 #61

I'm glad I decided long ago I'd rather commit suicide than be stuck in a nursing home. Vinca Mar 2017 #22

my fear is becoming incapacitated before i can exercise the cabellas solution dembotoz Mar 2017 #33

My fear also get the red out Mar 2017 #35

Maybe Ryan will give us vouchers, Mendocino Mar 2017 #62

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 90 year old uncle started out paying $5K/month for assisted living mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #25

This is the saddest part of the whole scam jmowreader Mar 2017 #28

I don't think it's sad. mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #32

THANK YOU! get the red out Mar 2017 #37

+1 BannonsLiver Mar 2017 #40

Watching the deterioration is awful DeminPennswoods Mar 2017 #48

Many who work in healthcare TNNurse Mar 2017 #46

You are absolutely right. My dad had a health care directive mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #60

I got the call TNNurse Mar 2017 #71

I have always thought that he waited to stop eating until we went out of town mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #74

I watched family finally leave the bedside from exhaustion TNNurse Mar 2017 #79

My husband's father did that. Actually told his wife to go home because he needed mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #83

the question not to be morbid but i guess it is..... dembotoz Mar 2017 #34

My husband is an MD mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #64

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

Yeah, but what if you have dementia or Alzheimer's? n2doc Mar 2017 #59

Well, then you have to step up to the Robin Williams' plan mnhtnbb Mar 2017 #63

my mom fell in January MFM008 Mar 2017 #26

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 MFM008 Mar 2017 #84

So many will die Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #30

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

ayn randism must be destroyed. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #39

Took care of several relatives in my life Marthe48 Mar 2017 #55

Thank you for this very moving story. marybourg Mar 2017 #70

Thank you Marthe48 Mar 2017 #80

The nursing homes, hospitals, medical staffs, pharmaceutical companies, democratisphere Mar 2017 #57

On the plus side, combining estates and households Hortensis Mar 2017 #65

You mean like Paul Ryan who ditched his mother TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #78

Oh, I didn't hear about that. I've suspected he's Hortensis Mar 2017 #82

That's because JMCoast Mar 2017 #73

The Trump Care Plan is to kill off those unable to pay. It's another pile of steaming Trump! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #76