damnplanetsaturn
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I thought this was quite hilarious. So, apparently people havent thought of the fact that living longer means more suffering! So my as well get it over quickly!
Here is the article:
THE COST OF LIVING LONGER
Many people want to make it to a very ripe age, but few consider the consequences. 'Very eye-opening'
Andee St. John is searching for an assisted-living facility near Columbia, S.C., for her 69-year-old mother, who was hospitalized recently after several falls. But finding the place with the right combination of price, amenities and services has been difficult.
So far, Ms. St. John has consulted with a financial adviser, a geriatric social worker and an elder-law attorney as part of her research.
"It's been very eye-opening," Ms. St. John says. "You don't just pay one fee a month for assisted living. There are all these different add-ons."
A growing number of families are wrestling with the same dilemma: rising costs for long-term care and a mind-boggling array of options.
Nationwide, long-term-care costs in a number of categories have risen faster than inflation over the past year, according to research to be released Tuesday by insurer MetLife's Mature Market Institute. At the same time, care providers are changing the types of services available or bundling services in new and at times confusing ways.
But there are strategies that can help. People who identify the specific services their loved ones need, haggle aggressively on price and explore alternative-care options can save moneyor at least get more care for the money they do spend, experts say.
The broad category of "long-term care" includes a variety of health and daily-living services, either in facilities or in people's homes, for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
Costs are rising for most kinds of care, according to the MetLife study, which surveyed nearly 6,700 long-term-care providers and is the first to analyze the ways providers have started bundling together various add-on services, such as transportation or extra meals, in their fee structures.
The average rent at assisted-living facilities, which provide help with day-to-day activities but not necessarily round-the-clock skilled-nursing care, shot up 17% to $3,486 over the past five years, according to the study. That is based on facilities offering six to nine services.
The price of a private room at a nursing home, meanwhile, rose 4% over the past year to $248 a day. And while prices for home-health aides and adult-day services didn't rise, on average, the brief respite comes after increases in recent years. Home-health-care spending by Medicare beneficiaries, for example, climbed 129% to $19 billion from 2000 to 2010, according to a March report to Congress by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
SO APPARENTLY IF YOUR PAST 50 OR SIXTY YOU SHOULD JUST GO OFF YOURSELF, ITS CHEAPER!! lol
This is the sad fate that lies of mundanes. This is why we empower ourselves. We wont have to live any where, other than our own home.
Hail Satan!!
Here is the article:
THE COST OF LIVING LONGER
Many people want to make it to a very ripe age, but few consider the consequences. 'Very eye-opening'
Andee St. John is searching for an assisted-living facility near Columbia, S.C., for her 69-year-old mother, who was hospitalized recently after several falls. But finding the place with the right combination of price, amenities and services has been difficult.
So far, Ms. St. John has consulted with a financial adviser, a geriatric social worker and an elder-law attorney as part of her research.
"It's been very eye-opening," Ms. St. John says. "You don't just pay one fee a month for assisted living. There are all these different add-ons."
A growing number of families are wrestling with the same dilemma: rising costs for long-term care and a mind-boggling array of options.
Nationwide, long-term-care costs in a number of categories have risen faster than inflation over the past year, according to research to be released Tuesday by insurer MetLife's Mature Market Institute. At the same time, care providers are changing the types of services available or bundling services in new and at times confusing ways.
But there are strategies that can help. People who identify the specific services their loved ones need, haggle aggressively on price and explore alternative-care options can save moneyor at least get more care for the money they do spend, experts say.
The broad category of "long-term care" includes a variety of health and daily-living services, either in facilities or in people's homes, for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities.
Costs are rising for most kinds of care, according to the MetLife study, which surveyed nearly 6,700 long-term-care providers and is the first to analyze the ways providers have started bundling together various add-on services, such as transportation or extra meals, in their fee structures.
The average rent at assisted-living facilities, which provide help with day-to-day activities but not necessarily round-the-clock skilled-nursing care, shot up 17% to $3,486 over the past five years, according to the study. That is based on facilities offering six to nine services.
The price of a private room at a nursing home, meanwhile, rose 4% over the past year to $248 a day. And while prices for home-health aides and adult-day services didn't rise, on average, the brief respite comes after increases in recent years. Home-health-care spending by Medicare beneficiaries, for example, climbed 129% to $19 billion from 2000 to 2010, according to a March report to Congress by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
SO APPARENTLY IF YOUR PAST 50 OR SIXTY YOU SHOULD JUST GO OFF YOURSELF, ITS CHEAPER!! lol
This is the sad fate that lies of mundanes. This is why we empower ourselves. We wont have to live any where, other than our own home.
Hail Satan!!