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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why everyone feels the boomers are so selfish they live so long and then instead of using the wealth they took from their children for inheritance they burn it up in elderly care[/quote]

What should they do then, kill themselves?[/quote]

[b]They should decline aggressive medical intervention. [/b] If you're 79 with a history of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, difficulty ambulating, etc and find out you have triple vessel disease and need open heart surgery, maybe think twice about consenting to that surgery.  And that needs to be heard by all the family members because a lot of elderly family members are bullied or guilted into treatment by their family.  [/quote]

+1 My mom is 83 and a widow. She no longer does any health screenings and has a DNR. She's been dealing with an ongoing bronchitis problem and it is very likely that a future cold/covid turns into pneumonia and we lose her from that. She does not want to be intubated/on a ventilator even if it would potentially be a short-term thing. She's generally happy (lives with my sister) but also ready to move on when her time comes.

Fortunately my sister is an ICU nurse so she was able to have realistic, well-informed conversations with her about what aggressive care for older people really looks like. She did the same with my dad who was able to die at home.[/quote]

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