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I think the issue with nursing homes come from a misunderstanding of what they are. Maybe it’s different outside of Scandinavia, but here, the only people who g

I think the issue with nursing homes come from a misunderstanding of what they are. Maybe it’s different outside of Scandinavia, but here, the only people who go to nursing homes are people who are so sick they can no longer stay in their own homes. So naturally the state of those placed in a nursing home is dire, and when you view the nursing home as a place for the old rather than for what it is it’ll give you the idea that old age isn’t something to strive for. In reality, however, a nursing home is really a long term hospice and everyone who live there is slowly dying from a range of diseases. Often because they didn’t live healthy lives. That’s not what old age has to look like though. More and more people are living rich lives even after they turn 90, and while we can talk about the quality of life of those who don’t, the technological advances are also helping people who don’t go to nursing homes. It’s sepecially helping with mobility, so that people who get sick in a non-lethal way, like getting pains from walking, can stay out of the nursing home longer than they used to.

883771773929 8y ago
Don't know where you live, but here in the US and especially in our metro areas, we use nursing homes as a way to seek vengeance against the older generations if they were assholes to younger generations. On the surface, we like to say how we're providing care and have their best interests in mind as they "age well" and as we repay the debt of elders who took care of us so dutifully for years. But in reality, the main usage is to get rid of very burdensome, cantankerous, and irresponsible leeches who because they left their children with a sense of hatred will not give in to the idea of putting up with their crap ever again, so let them rot all drugged up in a coma where they cannot escape as they watch TV in a urine-soaked room and play bingo every Wednesday night until they die off. It's more a short-term fix for us though, a pretty typical American form of cutting off the nose to spite the face since national spending is sprialing out of control from dealing with the old and will become a larger economic problem. Ironically, it does force the hand of the young in later years once filial laws come back in full swing enforcement who will end up saying enough is enough and euthanasia legalization legislation will come swooping in to deal with this.
- tomcam 8y ago
  Your post may have been more revealing than you expected
  - andrepd 8y ago
    Quite so. I'm not sure he realises his feelings on this are probably not shared by most people.
    - 883771773929 8y ago
      I'm not sure you accurately diagnose the degree of polarization in the population with ideas of resentment and hostility that are largely subconscious and tend not to surface until stress manipulates those repressed emotions into actually being confronted as eventually obvious explanations for actions undertaken with ulterior motives. These feelings are universally shared, but only visible to most in times of scarcity and fear. When economies are bubbling along in mania, people tend to lose sight of the eventualities regarding unsustainable societies. It's easy for people to rationalize their actions as charity, benevolence, and empathetic concern when they themselves are rewarded daily for vocalizing the whitewash and justifying what should be by what is now. When the music stops and individuals are left to fend for a chance at a seat, the full intention of previous actions becomes apparent as if malice is not something definable by planned greed and desire but puppetered unknowingly by a more clairvoyant self that protects its fragile present with the blessing of moral amnesia.
      - KennyCason 8y ago
        I completely agree that people in general do not want to deal with near death elders , or elders who need caretaking. As of course this is a huge burden and very distracting. I’ve also dealt with this a number of times. It’s certisnly not fun or easy. BUT all the other undertone and reasoning (e.g. spite), I completely disagree with and do not think this is representative of the majority, or even a large minority.
        8y ago

883771773929 8y ago

Don't know where you live, but here in the US and especially in our metro areas, we use nursing homes as a way to seek vengeance against the older generations if they were assholes to younger generations. On the surface, we like to say how we're providing care and have their best interests in mind as they "age well" and as we repay the debt of elders who took care of us so dutifully for years. But in reality, the main usage is to get rid of very burdensome, cantankerous, and irresponsible leeches who because they left their children with a sense of hatred will not give in to the idea of putting up with their crap ever again, so let them rot all drugged up in a coma where they cannot escape as they watch TV in a urine-soaked room and play bingo every Wednesday night until they die off. It's more a short-term fix for us though, a pretty typical American form of cutting off the nose to spite the face since national spending is sprialing out of control from dealing with the old and will become a larger economic problem. Ironically, it does force the hand of the young in later years once filial laws come back in full swing enforcement who will end up saying enough is enough and euthanasia legalization legislation will come swooping in to deal with this.

tomcam 8y ago
Your post may have been more revealing than you expected
- andrepd 8y ago
  Quite so. I'm not sure he realises his feelings on this are probably not shared by most people.
  - 883771773929 8y ago
    I'm not sure you accurately diagnose the degree of polarization in the population with ideas of resentment and hostility that are largely subconscious and tend not to surface until stress manipulates those repressed emotions into actually being confronted as eventually obvious explanations for actions undertaken with ulterior motives. These feelings are universally shared, but only visible to most in times of scarcity and fear. When economies are bubbling along in mania, people tend to lose sight of the eventualities regarding unsustainable societies. It's easy for people to rationalize their actions as charity, benevolence, and empathetic concern when they themselves are rewarded daily for vocalizing the whitewash and justifying what should be by what is now. When the music stops and individuals are left to fend for a chance at a seat, the full intention of previous actions becomes apparent as if malice is not something definable by planned greed and desire but puppetered unknowingly by a more clairvoyant self that protects its fragile present with the blessing of moral amnesia.
    - KennyCason 8y ago
      I completely agree that people in general do not want to deal with near death elders , or elders who need caretaking. As of course this is a huge burden and very distracting. I’ve also dealt with this a number of times. It’s certisnly not fun or easy. BUT all the other undertone and reasoning (e.g. spite), I completely disagree with and do not think this is representative of the majority, or even a large minority.
      - 8y ago