Posted on 08/26/2016 7:32:41 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
An elderly Canadian couple who have been married for 62 years have been forced to live in separate care homes...
The couple, who have lived apart for eight months, cry every time they are able to see each other, she added.
"We want everyone's focus to be on fixing the system rather than raising money and putting a band-aid on the issue."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Brought to you by 0bamacare.
But yet plenty of money to import muslims...
That makes me cry. THAT IS INHUMAN care for our elderly. Separating loved ones after all those years together? On the other hand, couldn’t they live at home or with family, together?
The BBC solution is:
More money for socialized medicine.
Except that in this case, this couple is apparently entirely dependent on government-provided senior care. I think it’s terrible that they have to live apart, but the article makes clear this situation is being politicized so as to fix the government’s system for people who cannot afford privatized care.
Now what about folks who spend an entire lifetime saving and investing so that they can afford the privatized care? Should government provide care equal or better than that which someone buys privately? Where is the incentive to live responsibly in that case? What if everyone simply threw themselves on the mercy of government? Can a country even afford to pay for something like that? These are important questions.
In my opinion, people who use government to take hard earned money from their fellow citizens really have no right to complain about the quality of “free” stuff they receive. The donors in this case have no choice. This isn’t charity.
The husband has dementia and requires specialized care.
See post #5. It is very sad that these citizens are separated, but this is being politicized to expand socialized care (in Canada). In fact, the family actually states they don’t want charity (VOLUNTARY donations from concerned citizens). They want OTHER PEOPLE, aka the government, to involuntarily cough up the dough.
Absolutely heartbreaking......and just wrong.
Seriously? There isn’t an opening. What are the nursing homes supposed to do, murder other patients in order to bring the married couple together? If the family was that upset, they’d move them into their own homes and take care proper care of them. The ball is in the family’s court, not the nursing home.
I have seen it here in America already. I can’t be too specific due to federal healthcare privacy laws but I have definitely seen it.
This cannot be true: Canada is perfect. Just ask a Canadian.
The place doesn’t have a bed available.
Do you want them to kick someone else out?
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If the family was that upset, they’d move them into their own homes and take care proper care of them. The ball is in the family’s court, not the nursing home.
This family has learned the lessons of modern day activism.
Get your story in the news feeds. Make life uncomfortable for those in power.
Get an emotional response going from the masses. Get the masses to email, phone and write to the people with the power to change your pet grievance.
So what will probably happen here is that some resident in the husband’s special needs facility that has been a resident there for years will be displaced or someone who really needs to be there will not get a new vacancy so that this woman can be with her husband. Someone in power will send the facility manager a message that he will find a place for this woman or else.
This is how activism works to subvert the system. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
This sounds great right up till you find out that the families don’t want donations to make it possible.
Before we drove the AL-Can highway to Alaska, I ask a Canadian coworker about the trip.
He had many money saving tips.
Yes he loved Canada, but was unhappy with tax structure.
Sounds like you have some experience caring for the elderly as do I with my parents.
My dad passed away nearly six years ago so I’ve been taking care of my mom in one fashion or another since then. It’s exhausting and never-ending with their many issues. Definitely not for the faint hearted because it’s difficult, especially without extended family.
Tried keeping my mom with us for awhile but I am unable to care for her as she is wheelchair bound. She’s a tiny lady but so am I. No way I could wrangle her care without wrecking my own back and life.
Some people have a hard time envisioning themselves in other people’s shoes. Until a person has experienced it themselves they have no perspective.
That was the biggest thing I took away from the article.
The wife may not need the specialized care being offered by the facility her husband is in. The facility she is in may not offer the specialized care he needs.
Of course they cry when they see each other. Who wouldn’t?
But, actually, couples are separated all of the time for health reasons. I think it is lousy. But it could be that the lady in the story might lose her life earlier if she stays with him.
They are blessed to have children that will take her to see him, imho.
Well, I’m Albertan, not Canadian, but I can tell you, things are far from perfect.
You have a very big heart. I see it in your posts.
BBC covering this will put pressure on the situation, hopefully and lead local news to report on it.
Like the people making these decisions aren’t going to get old one day and possibly end up in the same situation.
How a country treats its youngest (staring in the womb) and it’s oldest and mot infirm says a lot about its character.
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