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Do humans get to choose whether they move or stay? I think there's plenty of seniors in the worst kinds of old people homes that would rather not be there.
by idiotsecant 4y ago
Do humans get to choose whether they move or stay? I think there's plenty of seniors in the worst kinds of old people homes that would rather not be there.
- bluGill 4y agoIn the worst cases they don't have enough mind left to care. (The worst kind of places they drug them that much, otherwise the residents may or may not have enough mind to care). Above that though there is a large range. Many elderly realize they are running out of ability to care for themselves and move to some form of assisted living where help is on staff, and there are lots of people to talk to - these are generally nice places to live as they need to attract people. However as the body declines those places don't have the ability to care for you and you have to move on, and most are not willing to admit they need that level of care (and such places often are not as nice: you are forced into them instead of invited in)
- theptip 4y agoIndeed, by the same argument I made above, in any situation where a human doesn't have agency in a major decision that dramatically affects their quality of life, then the decision-maker has increased moral responsibility/culpability for the outcome.