When I can't drive any more.

Possum3 · Guru

When I can't drive any more.

KFT · Guru

Worth investigating to see if it is true or not

would be a much better life than a bloody nursing home for sure.

what would happen though if you developed dementia?

frank

Dhutime · Senior Member

An interesting article sounds good well most of it anyway .We were on a Princess cruise once and had to be hospitalised total cost was $6000 for 48 hrs maybe a little cheaper at home .Haveing said that if you stay healthy it would be fun racing around the decks on the gofer disbelief

-- Edited by Dhutime on Tuesday 3rd of November 2015 05:20:42 PM

Hey Jim · Guru

Gold if true.

Our daughter is boss of a big nursing home and would not put her worst enemy in one, let alone us. cry cry cry cry cry cry cry

That's why we are thinking way ahead. Have wheels, will travel. The new van should be ready at the end of December. biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Regards Jim

Wombat 280 · Guru

Nursing home is another name for departure lounge Not my idea of finishing my days out

navynurse · Senior Member

This is quite common in America and the Caribbean cruises I have met a few people that have rellies doing this. It is considerably cheaper than nursing homes over there unless you have the insurance to cover it.

Allan

dorian · Guru

See what snopes.com has to say:

www.snopes.com/travel/trap/retire.asp

Sheba · Guru

Possum3 wrote:
Check out this story - I've just rethought my plans when I have to sell the van and settle down.
http://www.upmoments.com/man-asks-an-old-lady-why-shes-alone-on-cruise/

About 12 years ago, I went on a Pacific Cruise with P&O. There was an elderly gentleman who would have been Pension age on that Ship, who, I was told by a Crew member, lived on board. Maybe he was doing the same thing.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Woody n Sue · Guru

Hey Jim I am sorry to read your comment about nursing homes Sue is a manager ( or at least was until about a month ago )of a nursing home and I have friends and friends parents that are or have been in there and they all love it there, not all homes are bad places may I suggest that your daughter should be rattling the cage and getting the place reported and so fixed up no one should have to live or have to work in a place like you are suggesting .
What's that slogan
" if you see something say something "
Woody

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Great! I have sent a copy of that to the Twins for future reference.

Hey Jim · Guru

Hi Woody & Sue,

Our daughter is on top of it all right. She has one year of Grad law to go, and wants to enter into Federal Health Policy.

To give you a profile of what she does. Works full time at her job. Tells the doctors what to prescribe as they as she puts it. (Haven't A Cue.) She corrects miss Diognois and saves her patients time and time again.

One old lady recently who had no family wanted to die out in the garden. Against her bosses orders. Our daughter took her out into that garden and sat and held her hand till she had pasted away.

Our daughter became the boss not long after, and is making very big changes. If its not right she refuses to sign off on it.

We are very proud of both of our kids /Adults. Our girl has only received high distintions in her course thus far. Originally she set her sights on been the Doctor, however she applied to Law and was accepted.

Regards Jim & Lambie

-- Edited by Hey Jim on Wednesday 4th of November 2015 04:39:50 PM

Bruce and Bev · Guru

there are the totally driven by profit corporates who provide a glossy front but in reality provide poor care to our elderly.

Then there are the not for profit organizations ( exclude churches here) who rely on poor funding from the States and Federal govts (c'mon - how many dementia patients vote, so the pollies don't care) and donations and running insufficient staff who work longer hours and harder than they should, break OH&S regs and all just to try to provide a reasonable quality of life for the inmates.

Lastly there are the churches. Some are run by the largest international churches and they want to make a "surplus (aka a profit) from these homes to return back into the church coffers. Other, smaller churches (the Uniting Church has a good reputation) fall into the same category as the good not for profit outfits.

But if you are reliant on the govt for rest home care, don't expect much and look forward to spending many months dumped in public hospitals if you are ill or too frail

As a country, we generally look after our rest care residents in a terrible way