J
Justin
Guest
My mother-in-law's in a nursing home for not being able to walk due to diabetes. We were informed
that it was one of the cheapest facilities around -- at $130 a day! 30 days times $130. $4000/month
-- $48,000/year. She's been there for about a year and most of the residents are still there who
were there when she first went there, and about 75% of them are in a vegetative state -- strapped
into bed, unable to control bodily functions, unable to feed themselves or speak, etc.. Me
personally, I'd rather swallow a Remington 12 guage than live like that and would hope that I'd be
allowed to die naturally and not fed or medicated.
With older people being the fastest growing population group, perhaps we need to rethink our
philosphies on aging/euthanasia, etc.. With record deficits, baby boomers retiring and expecting
their turn at the entitlement teat, fewer workers to pay taxes, etc., can we afford to keep millions
of elderly vegetative state people alive? I think it's more ethical/humane to allow some of these
people to die naturally. If someone's brain functioning is to the point that they're a veritible
"meat machine", what good is being alive? These nursing homes are all corporate owned and must
surely rake in a lot of dough because they are horribly understaffed even though they charge the
patients an arm and a leg. Most days there are only like 4 orderlies there/1 nurse where my mo-in-
law is at and there are about 60 patients there. Do the Math. Healthcare is the fastest growing
industry. Could economics and profits be determining our ethics as a society?
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that it was one of the cheapest facilities around -- at $130 a day! 30 days times $130. $4000/month
-- $48,000/year. She's been there for about a year and most of the residents are still there who
were there when she first went there, and about 75% of them are in a vegetative state -- strapped
into bed, unable to control bodily functions, unable to feed themselves or speak, etc.. Me
personally, I'd rather swallow a Remington 12 guage than live like that and would hope that I'd be
allowed to die naturally and not fed or medicated.
With older people being the fastest growing population group, perhaps we need to rethink our
philosphies on aging/euthanasia, etc.. With record deficits, baby boomers retiring and expecting
their turn at the entitlement teat, fewer workers to pay taxes, etc., can we afford to keep millions
of elderly vegetative state people alive? I think it's more ethical/humane to allow some of these
people to die naturally. If someone's brain functioning is to the point that they're a veritible
"meat machine", what good is being alive? These nursing homes are all corporate owned and must
surely rake in a lot of dough because they are horribly understaffed even though they charge the
patients an arm and a leg. Most days there are only like 4 orderlies there/1 nurse where my mo-in-
law is at and there are about 60 patients there. Do the Math. Healthcare is the fastest growing
industry. Could economics and profits be determining our ethics as a society?
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