This is a real messed up story.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44707643
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44707643
US woman, 92, kills son to avoid being sent into care home
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So now you're gonna be sent to a more secure facility with slightly worse food. Didn't really think that one through.
Still not sure if the ability to see it everywhere is a curse or a blessing
Nursing homes are apparently a hot bed of STDs. Large proliferation of lube, accessibility of viagra,no need to concern yourself with possibility of children and free time are a hell of a combination.
RIP son.
This seems like it's going to become a big problem in the future with a huge population of seniors.
Zero or limited consequence crime. People joke about seniors stealing batteries. . .
This seems like it's going to become a big problem in the future with a huge population of seniors.
Zero or limited consequence crime. People joke about seniors stealing batteries. . .
Throw in Alzheimers, bad backs, poor eyesight, alcohol
This is a strange story that you'd sort expect when you walk in to see No Country or Three Billboards.
Her son was 72 and she's 92 so she basically had him since she was 19/20. She also tried to kill the 57 year old girlfriend first with the revolver which the girlfriend managed to knock out of her hands and then with a pistol left to her by her late husband which was also knocked out of her hands. All of this began with an argument over her being difficult to live with which prompted her to kill him and choose jail over assisted living. This wasn't due to the one argument and her statement makes it seem like she pretty much resented him having been born perhaps?
Her son was 72 and she's 92 so she basically had him since she was 19/20. She also tried to kill the 57 year old girlfriend first with the revolver which the girlfriend managed to knock out of her hands and then with a pistol left to her by her late husband which was also knocked out of her hands. All of this began with an argument over her being difficult to live with which prompted her to kill him and choose jail over assisted living. This wasn't due to the one argument and her statement makes it seem like she pretty much resented him having been born perhaps?
I always hear about the medical advances to make people live longer
But are you depending on others to live as well is the good question . Sad situation all around
But are you depending on others to live as well is the good question . Sad situation all around
My grandma had a boyfriend before the dementia set it. They're people man. People want companionship.
I hadn't even considered old people having sex.
Nah, I get that. It's just I always think that by that point they've either found their life partner or their partner died and they don't want to go through the motions again.
I think they realize at that age that the relationship is fleeting and they've made peace with it.
That certainly makes sense.
What's the alternative?
That's why I said not everyone has a choice. Personally, I'd take my parents in my home. Get a home health aid. Nursing homes sound incredibly lonely. Yes there are other seniors, but relationships take time to develop. And if 30 year olds complain about the difficulty of making friends, what about 80 year old folks?
we don't know the full story about their relationship.
Was the son a benevolent son or was a he moocher? The story doesn't dig deep into it.
we don't know
Was the son a benevolent son or was a he moocher? The story doesn't dig deep into it.
we don't know
Does him being a moocher justify killing him and trying to kill the GF?
How exactly would a son "mooch" off of a 90-year-old woman?
Home health care. There are programs that can help you get hospital beds, lifts, and other equipment as well as help pay for nurses, doctors, and aides to come helpcare for an elderly family member. My mother worked in nursing homes for 16 years. She saw the half decent privately owned ones and the hell hole corporate owned ones. When my grandmother had her stroke, my mom was like hell no and got to work setting things up to care for her. Grandma got to have a nice quality of life her last few years in her own home surrounded by family that loved her. If you have the option, and admittedly it can be very stressful at times, I recommend it over a nursing home wholeheartedly.
My uncle stole my grandma’s social security and pawned a lot of her shit, so like that maybe?
Just saying that’s how young people mooch off old people, not that this guy did anything wrong. Seems like they had a fraught relationship.
My great grandma was married for 40 years, her first husband (my biological great grandpa, who I unfortunately never got to know) passed away when they were in their 70s. She ended up remarrying someone she went to church with and was with her 2nd husband (who has always been the only great grandpa I've ever had) until she passed away a couple years ago in her late 90s (he's still around). The elderly are still people.
I would be totally cool with a nursing home in my last years. It'd give me time to go through my Steam backlog. Nursing homes are going to be one big LAN party by the time we get older.
My father's 71, he's still going around travelling to other countries, having a nice time. It's really not that old nowadays. Definitively not to old to date.