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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Terrorantula on January 07, 2011, 06:14:08 pm
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This article below seemed just too serious to be relegated to "What's on Your Mind."
More young people are winding up in nursing homes (http://start.toshiba.com/news/read.php?ps=1011&rip_id=%3CD9KJEVP00%40news.ap.org%3E&news_id=18380603&src=most_popular_viewed&page=1)
To summarize, the number of nursing home residents under 65, though a minuscule fraction of the total, is rising. These 20-to-40-year olds usually arrive there after crippling injuries- often because their parents are unable, physically or financially, to take care of their injuries, or because insurance has sent them there to recover, as it costs less than a long hospital stay. Not only does this put stress on the elderly residents disturbed by the youth's much faster habits, but the young men and women become depressed from isolation and being surrounded by the old and dying. Many such homes try to accommodate their new charges, but it's not easy.
Please read the full article before commenting.
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a single tear drips from my right eye
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I hate to take this off topic but man I had NO CLUE Toshiba had a news site.
Like I think I'm more shocked by this news than the actual article.
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These 20-to-40-year olds usually arrive there after crippling injuries- often because their parents are unable, physically or financially, to take care of their injuries, or because insurance has sent them there to recover, as it costs less than a long hospital stay.
Why am I not surprised?
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I hope that teaches them the dangers of keeping a problematic group of people in isolation from the rest of society
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I never really went into a NURSING HOME, but I had to go to Day Hospital(five days a week) during summer, with the high threat of being sectioned. And from my experience, peolpe who have to go to such places really REALLY are struggling to look after themselves. Like, I had to spend five days a week with people who were bi-polar, crippled, recovering adicts blah blah blah, and AS A PATIENT it was just torture to get through.
I KNow tjhis isn;t EXACTLY the kind of thing you're on about, But I can imagine certain things being similar. It's kinda silly to judge people based on their illness, and some never recover even at a yung age, and it is good, VERY GOOD for there to be places where they could potentially recover, o potentislly live a life with knowing (and kind and loving) support. If I hadn't have gone to the day hospital, I doubt I would be here today. But such places have strong ill effects, and it does kinda sap your motivation away and you can become dependent. Basic care, support and understanding works just as well.
With money as an excuse, many people will send their dependants on an alternative. It isn';t alwayswaysn the best option, but sometimes it is. The US in particular really needs to mature a little and stop acting like a 5 year old who sees money as some kinda EMPOWERMENT, people need to realise that the cheapest altternative isn't always the best, but at the same time, it comes down to the individual's needs
Essentially it's kinda a worthless article.
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I hate to take this off topic but man I had NO CLUE Toshiba had a news site.
Like I think I'm more shocked by this news than the actual article.
Mitsubishi or Sony or someone makes their own brand of noodles
actually I guess it might not be the same Sony just someone in another country cashing in on the name