It is sad, but it is what it is. If you end up in a position where you don't have kids or close family, friends, or social workers that visit you, you could ver

It is sad, but it is what it is. If you end up in a position where you don't have kids or close family, friends, or social workers that visit you, you could very well end up laying there until the stench affects your neighbors, bills go unpaid, or similar stuff. In this day and age, many people - myself included - have bills on auto pay. So if money comes in, bills get paid, and no one knows you, it could take months to years before someone discovers you. Her in Norway we had one case, where a man laid dead for 9 years in his apartment. He didn't have anyone, and people assumed he had moved or gone to a care facility. A janitor found him by chance.