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Nursing homes aren’t full of childless people.

• Spooky23 5y ago
  Correct. Those folks are long dead. Assuming you’re over 65, you have up to 120 days of Medicare and however long it takes to liquidate your assets. From there you’re a Medicaid ward, and without advocates, particularly as a male, you’re not a profit center and won’t last too long.
  • Qem 5y ago
    Supposing you were lucky to have a mild enough problem to seek a hospital in first place. Older people living alone are at risk of a quickly incapacitating heart attack or stroke, with nobody to perceive it and call help.
  • qgin 5y ago
    Most people don't make it a year regardless. Once you're in bad enough shape to need a nursing home, it's rare for anyone to last long. Being sick enough to not be able to handle activities of daily living has a worse prognosis than pretty much any disease.
    • Spooky23 5y ago
      It depends. Like anything else, it's a bell curve. Alot of people lose their ability to do things but aren't sick otherwise. Dementia, etc. If you have an acute event and end up not progressing through rehab... then yeah you're on a clock. The gross part is that the facility knows it and treats you like an animal.