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In reply to the discussion: A Better Kind of Nursing Home [View all]

sheshe2

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5. Yet the GOP is taking that all away.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 10:59 PM
Dec 2017

At least for the poor middle class that have paid into medicaid their entire life.

The place in your article is only for the rich. No others need apply. Nice place...sad the rest of us are not rich enough.

The rest of us will be taking care of our loved ones at home. Those caretakers will be doing that at a huge cost to their own health. Many caretakers die before their loved ones do.

Thirty Percent of Caregivers Die Before The People They Care For Do

Rough statistics show that 30% of caregivers die before those they are caring for. Some studies show deaths higher. Illness that doesn't lead to death is rampant, as well - depression and auto-immune diseases are high on the list. Caregivers often don't find time to go to their own doctor appointments. They put them off, because they are too busy, or are just plain sick of sitting in clinics with their loved ones. Then things like breast cancer, which could be caught at an early stage, aren't found until the illness is much worse or even life threatening.

Caregivers are as important as the people they care for. If they abuse their bodies, minds and spirits while caring for others, no one wins.Support for caregivers means we must tell our stories and know we are heard. I hope we'll hear many stories on this site.


https://www.agingcare.com/Discussions/Thirty-Percent-of-Caregivers-Die-Before-The-People-They-Care-For-Do-97626.htm

I am on my second round Ellen. Second parent with home care and it is killing us, my sister and I. Dad finally ended in a home that medicaid finally paid for. He was indigent and after two strokes we were no longer able to do home care. We tried for over a year. Now it is mom.

Thanks for the article for a posh place for the rich to languish in. Good for them...hope the GOP did not take their nice place away from them as well. The GOP hate old people and that is a fact.

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