We pay BIG MONEY to have Dad looked in on 5 days a week so he can stay in his apartment, versus going to assisted living...which he REFUSES to do. I do his grocery shopping, fill his pill minder each week, take him to doctor appointments, do prescription refills, do his laundry, etc.
If Wisconsin home healthcare workers unionize, he’ll be living with me because they’re nearly unaffordable as it is; $30/hour...though cheaper than assisted living, where we live, anyway.
Don’t grow old in America unless you have a LOT of money to flush down the toilet. Grrrrrrr!
You think Mother Government gives a chit about YOU? HA!
HA! - I say! And Unionized workers care even LESS!
then again, people didn't live to 85-95 yrs old....people were allowed to die back in the day....
not that its a bad thing that people live longer, its just that too many of them are living longer and not very healthy, thus repeated drs visits, mri's, meds, physical therapy,home care, and then onto assisted living then nursing homes...
when my grandmother lived with us, we all bunked together so she could have her own room....
she cooked..canned...tended the garden....took care of the little ones....
then she got cancer and died....I always thought she was "old" but she died at age 65.....