My uncle spends $11,000 a month for an assisted living facility. I don't think he's particularly enjoying life.
His experience has done a lot to shape how I want to live my life. That includes how I'll end my life. I want to do it on my terms. To that end, I want us to reframe how we talk about suicide.
@stuartblair the only ones who benefit from assisted living are the facilities themselves. I watched my step father go through this for two years, merry go round of hospital stay, nursing facility and home and then again and again and again. The next to last stay sapped him of what he had left. We spent so much $ on what Medicare wouldn’t cover. He had LTC but even that had its pitfalls. Nightmare experience. My mom couldn’t handle all of it at home, she’s a trained nurse but retired in 13’.
@Redskye572 I'm sorry to hear that, it must have been really stressful. My uncle is quite comfortably off, but still starts each conversation with me to ask how long he'll be able to stay in LTC and what happens after. It's not like his money is even bringing him peace as a result.
@stuartblair So he can’t stay in his home with LTC? I know that was a big issue with our situation as step father hated the facilities but my mom couldn’t handle all that goes into a decline from alzheimer's. He only had 12/hr paid caregiver, my mom and I did the rest (no family actually volunteered but they sure had their hands out after he died). Not at her age and with her health issues.
I’m sorry I’m rambling on, I’m so bitter about it all. I promised my mom that wouldn’t happen to her.