Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 2 2020 10:22am)
Well, one reason is that the nursing home i worked at had 50+ elderly. another is that i have friends that still worked there, and it was the same before/after i left it as we talked about often. But perhaps the best reason is that Canadian elderly are closer to American elderly in terms of health, due to similar diet, alcohol consumption, etc. So rates of health issues in later years would be more in line with what i see in WI than what you see in GER i'd wager.
if this were a 70 or 80 year old, i'd say quality of life still has a 50%+ good rating, even in obese meat obsessed America/Canada. But 90? our 90 year olds are basically overly medicated zombies, lucky if they play 9 holes of slow golf with a cart once a month, or putz on down to the local Dinner to eat a bland meal. 90 years old is basically walking dead.
lemme get this straight...
youre using a
nursing home, a place where people stick old people who
cant take care of themselves any more, as a basis for for evaluating what
all old people must be like...?
thats like saying "hey, i worked at a jail, so i KNOW that ALL black people are criminals."
its just plain absurd. your limited experience has no bearing on the health of ALL ederly.
(equally absurd is that no one has pointed this absurdity out yet. i read through the whole thread because i thought SURELY someone has said this already....)
Quote (thesnipa @ Dec 2 2020 03:53pm)
i guess having a terrible disease i'd consider it. alzheimers especially as i wouldnt want to be a burden to my child.
when i play this out tho its more of me considering what could happen here and now, whereas i dont even factor in things like alzheimers or terminal cancer for silly "it cant happen to me" type ego.
but 20 years with my kid, sure, 20 years as a roommate of sorts in a one sided unfulfilling sexual relationship with my wife and no chance at more children? no thanks, she doesnt deserve that. even 5 years of mourning it better.
why dont you let HER make that decision...?