Comments on: Elders http://blog.logtar.com/2010/01/06/elders/ A Road Without Obstacles Leads Nowhere. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nicholas Knight http://blog.logtar.com/2010/01/06/elders/comment-page-1/#comment-363368 Nicholas Knight Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:29:30 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/?p=2098#comment-363368 I agree 100%. Plain truth is if you don't have the cash then your care is going to be through medicare and most facilities are not up to par. My wife has been in the 'assisted living' business for over 10 years and has seen all venues and levels of care. Our elderly are the touchstones to our past and shouldn't be discarded. All but one grandparent died before I was to know them sans one and we visited her weekly if not a few times a week towards the end. I would recommend you and Bea continue to engage her on a regular basis as you have been. Loneliness is the silent killer. I agree 100%. Plain truth is if you don’t have the cash then your care is going to be through medicare and most facilities are not up to par. My wife has been in the ‘assisted living’ business for over 10 years and has seen all venues and levels of care. Our elderly are the touchstones to our past and shouldn’t be discarded.

All but one grandparent died before I was to know them sans one and we visited her weekly if not a few times a week towards the end.

I would recommend you and Bea continue to engage her on a regular basis as you have been. Loneliness is the silent killer.

]]> By: meesha.v http://blog.logtar.com/2010/01/06/elders/comment-page-1/#comment-363363 meesha.v Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:55:19 +0000 http://blog.logtar.com/?p=2098#comment-363363 in this and any country if you are old and become incapacitated physically or mentally the best way is to croak. where I come from due to customs and shortage of places to live many old people live(ed) with their kids. no matter how you look at it, it's a burden- physical, financial, mental and even if my kid is willing to take it on, I am not willing to put her in the position to choose. hopefully there is a place where I can get access to assisted suicide so I don't have to jump off the cliff. but in my case I just may not live that long anyway. in this and any country if you are old and become incapacitated physically or mentally the best way is to croak. where I come from due to customs and shortage of places to live many old people live(ed) with their kids. no matter how you look at it, it’s a burden- physical, financial, mental and even if my kid is willing to take it on, I am not willing to put her in the position to choose. hopefully there is a place where I can get access to assisted suicide so I don’t have to jump off the cliff. but in my case I just may not live that long anyway.

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