Unfortunately this country and most other industrialized countries wareshouses their seniors to a great degree. I'm fortunate in that my mother was able to get into a very good program, where the person start out as independent as they can, their own apartment etc. The program also has more assisted living facilities that the tenant can move into. So its a bit better than most.
Myself I'll most likely be long dead before I need a senior's home. larry On Apr 8, 2005 2:43 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian wrote: > > That's a really depressing story Gruss. Poor woman....thats no way to be > > treated at the end of your life. > > > > Thanks for the acknowldgement. Yeah it's a bummer, but we're trying > to do what we can to make her comfortable. > > The part that's disturbing to me is, in her case, she has 5 kids and > lots of grandkids so there's plenty of people to visit and help manage > the care. Not to mention that, while not wealthy, she is able to use > the home of her choice. > > Some of the other people I've seen, and some of the other places I've > seen, almost make you sick. It reminds me of Nazi concentration > camps; not that I'd know, but I bet it's America's closest thing. > > And all of this goes on every day under our noses. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153205 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
