Yeah, hilarious that my parents were both spoiled brats who were 'taught' nothing about accountability.
I think most people just underestimate how much money they will need post retirement. It's crazy to me how many people there are that retire from decent jobs with hardly anything in their bank account.
The process is much more difficult than it needs to be. I believe more than one physician needs to sign off in cases of "dying with dignity" and that the patient must also undergo a psych evaluation. Only people with terminal illnesses are eligible for this. I actually looked into this recently for a loved one, but that search led me to find other ways that people kill themselves in these situations.
I understand the sentiment but you are painting with a very broad brush. All Boomers do not deserve their wealth and just being born after WW2 means you have it made?
To be fair, Fatty does have quite the resume of dumb posts so he is more than qualified to throw down judgment on this topic.............
You are right. I have been working in the healthcare field for 8 years. It is very sad during the holidays especially Thanksgiving and Christmas. I first started working at a nursing home. I thought that these patients were very jaded and were consider bad patients, but after a year or so I develop a friendly relationship with them. Some doesn't have any family members nor relatives to come visit them. Then there are others that depend on clothes donated to have something to wear. I usually bring some stuff for them during the holidays to cheer them up. Then there are other scenarios where you see a family member comes to visit. They act as though their parents are total strangers and just oblige to go visit them. They can't turn their own family members and just call staff to do stuff then have the audacity to complain. I came here from another country but I can't imagine leaving my parents or love ones at a nursing home. I know other people have jobs but some are able to do it but refused to do so. I moved to another job a hospital this time. There are patients coming in that have bugs and ticks on them. Turns out that she stays with her daughter. How can someone leave their parents like that with ticks and wounds everywhere? It is very sad to see these kind of stuff. Once they fall and break their hips, I think its a 60 percent chance they are going to die within a few years due to comorbidities and the fall itself. They are scared to walk again. I don't know why so many people in America are willing to kick their kids out at 18 or stop supporting them or vice versa. You see people come back several times because they don't have anyone to take care of them.
Well, they just need to have worked harder so they would not have to depend on their kids and broke-ass rest homes. MERICA!
From personal experience, my mother in law (who is in her mid 70s) moved in with us. It has definitely come with some hardship but I also grew up in a situation where my grandparents stayed with my parents for extended periods and I saw friends who also grew up with grandparents in their house. And when our grandparents weren't with us, they were with other relatives or living close by. And while its tough, it is important for my mother in law's mental and physical health to be around us. She really can't function fully independently anymore and being able to grow up with her immediate family is important for her overall well being. She'll just live a much healthier life with us than if she was alone. Frankly, she has a reasonably high risk of developing some form of dementia but living with family will certainly delay the development of something like that. And even with her physical health, we make sure that she's seeking primary care regularly. Her health would almost certainly be substantially worse if she wasn't living with us. And lastly, exposing your children to the concept of living with their grandparents is important. I personally would like to live independently as long as possible but I want my the tradition of larger families to live on and I want my children to carry it forward. In general, I want to remind my children that our home is open to all of our relatives at any point and they should carry on those ideals when they grow up.
My friend's parents retired in Spain and did exactly this. Much more affordable care (elder and medical) over there. I'm saving like a mofo for my retirement but I'm fully prepared to pull the rip-cord and go to another country for my golden years.
