Anyone not want to retire?
Most folks goal, seems to be, to retire as soon as possible. It has been my experience, that, for many folks retiring was the greatest thing they ever did. But for others it is the worst thing they ...
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myredracer wrote:
DW and I both have a remaining parent in nursing homes. Over the past few years, we've spent a lot of time in the homes and have seen what happens to many people when they get old, many with dementia and in wheelchairs not knowing who you are or what month or year it is. It's starting to scare the carp out of me as it won't be a whole lot longer before I could be in a nursing home. It sure isn't how I want to end up and hope I just wake up dead one day in our bed at home or in our TT...
X1, I share your feelings 100%. Before I would go into a Nursing Home, I would move to Oregon:) What I find so disturbing about Nursing homes is that at that stage in your life, 2 events happen: 1. we loose the opportunity to make decisions about our life 2. we struggle to maintain control in our daily life decisions:( The Apache indians had the right idea at that stage of our life----take me up in the mountains and lean me against a beautiful tree with a great view, say goodby and then leave:)
