The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for America’s elderly

Re:The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for... by specialist on Thursday August 26, 2021 @10:19PM (#28323627)

Yup. It's my generation's turn to perform eldercare.

I will not become a burden.

I will die in my own bed.

I will not allow predators to suck out all my assets.

So I've been researching suicide kit options. And everyone has explicit instructions to smother me once I can no longer take care of myself. (Or hookers and blow. Or race car over a cliff. Whatever works.)

Yaya, I could land in facility against my will. I get it.

My parent's generation was kept alive, long past their times, because of ambiguities. I'm being explicit.

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Re:The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for... by DanBC on Saturday August 28, 2021 @05:42PM (#28341775)

If this is really how you feel at least do it properly and legally and get whatever your jurisdiction calls an advance directive set up.

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Re:The staggering, exhausting, invisible costs of caring for... by gravstar on Friday August 27, 2021 @10:39AM (#28328395)

Proactive. Explicit. Responsible. This is the way.

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