Reply to How much are you budgeting for long term or elder care?

Forum Index » Money and Finances

Reply to "How much are you budgeting for long term or elder care?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I keep a box of ammo in the safe.[/quote]

This. No way I am budgeting for skilled nursing or memory care. I will leave this world before that happens. Why do people think we were ever meant to live that way? Science makes our bodies live longer than they were meant to and left the brain behind. [/quote]

This is my position as well. No desire to hang in once quality of life declines to that point.[/quote]

You don't have a choice. The tragedy of cognitive decline is that unlike advanced cancer, it doesn't have a neat ending within sight. Your body is still functioning and you even have some brain function. If your family tried to starve you to an early death or stopped giving you pills or pushed you down the stairs, they would be in huge trouble, with prosecution and imprisonment. If you get cancer you can have some sense of control by refusing treatment and going out at a hospice with medicine to mitigate the pain till the final sleep. But there are many ways a life comes to an end, and cancer is just one of them. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics