What are you going to do when you can no longer live alone?

Ladybj said:
I would not kill myself if I faced going into a Nursing home... I would run the place.. Those people would have so much fun with me.. :love: Our last years, would be our BEST!!! I am a think outside of the box type of person.
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I think most of us here are talking about stages where you need your diapers changed, need feeding, need to be bathed , no longer understand what’s going on or even who is who.🙁
Not so fun. 😏
 
Keesha said:
Sure if you even know what a Lemon is and what they are used for by then. Some people’s cognitive ability goes fast due to strokes and stuff.
I’m not trying to scare you. Just being realistic.
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This is getting a bit deep. No, you not scaring me... I live for the now, not for the "what if". But still, I would not harm myself. My mother didn't and neither will I.
 
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If I ever need assisted living, and I mean NEED it, I will opt out of this existence. Due to my scary good memory, I remember being a child, very well. I remember depending on my parents. I didn't like it, the first time around, and I sure as hell am not going to even consider going through that type of living situation, again, as I head on down the tube. That's it, for me, plain and simple.

As I always write, in here, I am unable to understand those who actively PLAN on needing assistance in their final years. For me, that would be experiencing Hell on Earth.
 
treeguy64 said:
If I ever need assisted living, and I mean NEED it, I will opt out of this existence. Due to my scary good memory, I remember being a child, very well. I remember depending on my parents. I didn't like it, the first time around, and I sure as hell am not going to even consider going through that type of living situation, again, as I head on down the tube. That's it, for me, plain and simple.

As I always write, in here, I am unable to understand those who actively PLAN on needing assistance in their final years. For me, that would be experiencing Hell on Earth.
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I truly get that... very understandable. But do you really believe people "actively plan" on needing assistance in their final years? So do you feel when people get to a certain age they should end it all because they may need assistance in the future. We never know what the future holds.
 
Ladybj said:
I truly get that... very understandable. But do you really believe people "actively plan" on needing assistance in their final years? So do you feel when people get to a certain age they should end it all because they may need assistance in the future. We never know what the future holds.
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Oh, some in here have, in fact, planned on being in assisted living in their final years. Simply read the posts in the many threads that deal with the issue.

We get on a slippery slope when we get into what everyone should do when they get old and may need assisted living. As I have found, this time around, many, if not most, older folks, feel that their lives must be extended, no matter what. They live on and on, simply for the sake of doing so.

While I would never want to see a mandatory course of action, enforceable by law, in place, when it comes to this end of life issue, I'm fairly certain that if the world keeps on becoming more and more overpopulated, due to piggish people who think having big families is the way to go, that sooner or later, long-term, assisted living care will become a thing of the past, due to budgetary constraints and the will of the (younger) people. Soylent Green, anyone?
 
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Ladybj said:
Not me... I am almost 60 and on no meds. I am good to my tummy and my tummy is good to me. I have my feelings about certain things because I use to work for a Surgical Group and my son was diagnosed with Cancer a couple of years ago. He is doing great now.
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I’m kidding also. I’m almost 60 and on no pharmaceutical meds. I’m very much for preventive medicine than conventional
 
treeguy64 said:
Oh, some in here have, in fact, planned on being in assisted living in their final years. Simply read the posts in the many threads that deal with the issue.
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I missed those post. I do not and will not plan on being in a assisted living facility in my final years. I plan on being right here in my house that my hubby and I recently purchased. God forbid my hubby passed along before me, I will have a few roommies that I know and trust and hubby and I have worked hard so I will be fine with or without the roommies. And Treeguy, you have to hang around, as one of the other ladies stated, we will need our treehouse and you will be invited.. we will look out for you ;) :ROFLMAO:
 
Ladybj said:
I missed those post. I do not and will not plan on being in a assisted living facility in my final years. I plan on being right here in my house that my hubby and I recently purchased. God forbid my hubby passed along before me, I will have a few roommies that I know and trust and hubby and I have worked hard so I will be fine with or without the roommies. And Treeguy, you have to hang around, as one of the other ladies stated, we will need our treehouse and you will be invited.. we will look out for you ;) :ROFLMAO:
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If you plan on never going into long term care then try never to use free government senior nursing services. Once the government get their claws in you they will happily assist you into long term care in nursing homes. Old age living is big money.
 
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