God bless you if it’s your goal to make 100+. But from what I’ve observed, the 90s are typically a pretty damned rough decade for most of those who make it there.
Interestingly, for these people, it wasn’t a problem.
They had fewer health issues, of any sort.
My grandmother only died in her mid-90s because of malpractice in a hospital. She was doing great until then, and was actually great in the hospital for a postponed hip repair, but they accidentally killed her with two separate drugs, which she told them felt wrong, then ignored her description of what was happening to her over the next half day, giving her increasing doses of morphine to block the destruction they’d caused, inside her.
Until then, she was driving herself around and still using a non-motorized push mower on her small lawn. She had all her mental faculties, too.
I am still absolutely frustrated at her death, many years later.
Don’t blindly trust doctors and nurses to do the right thing. Be glad they do, when they do well. Encourage them, but get second-opinions. Double check or sanity check everything. Trust, but verify. Use the Internet and friends to gather information to help. Get yourself and your loved ones out of there, as soon as is feasible.
That’s what I’ve observed, too. But now mad then you do,find an exception.
I just chatted with one of my mom’s dearest friends from childhood. She is 94, drives, plays bridge, canasta, and sharp as a tack.
I’ve seen lots in their 90s in very bad shape by late 90s.
I’m 87 and no -one believes it. Weigh 116, everything works and nothing hurts, was doing 14-minute miles on the treadmill five days a week until the idiot governor closed the gyms for covid.
Now I have a cardiologist. First time ever needed one. He told me there was a big uptick in heart problems when the gyms were closed. My goal and his is to get me back to those 14-minute miles five days a week.
My MD and my cardiologist both think I can live to be 100. I’m definite hoping so. I have great friends, lots of fun, and a young cat who should not get dumped at the humane society.
pneumonia is the blessing of the aged....there's some truth to that.