I will be honest. I really hope that I die before I am unable to take care of myself. I work in the nursing industry, and although I pride myself on taking great care of my patients, I also see the people who really don't give a crap, and are just there for the paycheck.
It is so dang expensive to get old. You have the cost of housing, which for a nursing home is at an average around $7,000 a month! WHAT?? Then you have supplies, insurance, and medical bills and everything else you can think of. By the time I'm old enought o need this type of care, they think social security will have run out, so that won't help me any. (Good thing I pay into it every month!)
It is so sad that you work your ass off for your entire life only to have enough money to die comfortably. When my grandpa passed, he had in-home care, which was costing nearly $10,000 a month. And some of the ladies that they sent him were nuts. Literally. One even wore a "Magic Cloak" everywhere she went. Definitely not worth the money.
All in all, I'm terrified to get old. Especially since I work in the geriatric field. I see everything that goes on in everyones dialy lives, and it scares the crap out of me.
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