Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities
Maine’s Health Department Rarely Investigates When Residents Wander Away From Their Care Facilities
Elopement — when a resident wanders out of a care home — is a real risk, particularly for people with dementia. But in the vast majority of cases in the state, the facilities are never inspected and rarely sanctioned.
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And I gave you my answer- I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't want to end my life unless it has to end.
WHY? That’s what I’m asking you. You haven’t even attempted to answer this question.
You don’t like the answer
You haven’t given an answer, and my guess is you don’t have one. Perhaps the reason you would want to live, even with dementia, is a mystery to you. That’s fine, but just say so.
Because I enjoy living. I'm not sure why that needs to be made clear to you.
This is circular. If you had dementia, you wouldn’t like living, because you’d be a zombie, and even if you did still like living (doubtful), you’d be an enormous burden on those you love, which would presumably undercut your “joy” at being a mindless husk. So why the fuck would you want to keep living in that case? Is it to give the middle finger to the world? To force people to wipe your ass for you?
Yes, again, there is not one type of dementia. Why are you assuming I would only have the kind of dementia where I wasn't aware I was alive?
And no I wouldn't be a burden, I'd be in a nursing home as I have already told my family in the event of dementia.
Who is paying for your nursing home?? Do you imagine the people are there wiping your ass because they enjoy it?
Did it seriously never occur to you that if you get to that stage everyone would be wasting resources keeping your mindless body alive instead of, say, feeding hungry children and investing in their future?
I presume you've heard of insurance.
Here’s how your answer sounds to me:
“I would rather pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to waste people’s time wiping my ass long after I’ve lost my mind than help future generations and my loved ones by passing away at a moment of my choosing.”
So you haven't heard of insurance?
It sounds like you haven’t heard of insurance. It’s not free or magical. Someone has to pay for it, and afterwards that money has to be wasted doing exactly what I described. Money and manpower that could have been spent doing literally anything else, such as feeding hungry children or saving the rainforest.
You’re essentially setting aside cash NOT for your loved ones or in service to some worthy cause, but to keep your mindless body alive.
Ah, I see. Kill myself when I'm old to help the economy.
I think I've heard of that somewhere before...