[Earthdweller]

If your grandpa had a "death gurgle". No way they should have let grandma and aunt go home. It's all about a really really sick freaky control and really really sick people who enjoy the atmosphere. I know of one place that was so bad that when I left, I looked over my shoulder and my rear view mirror for a year.

But trust me...both sides of the political isle will let this happen. There are too many of us coming to old age.

Suddenly..after the boomers are gone, one party or another will see a need to shut these places down...after the fact.

If you love your relatives..don't fall for it. Let them die in peace in the loving arms of their family, it doesn't cost a dime but maybe some lost wages and one less color TV with cable. We have got to make people see that what goes around comes around and we are heading in the wrong direction.

[trisham]

Let them die in peace in the loving arms of their family

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Agreed.

[Pinkbell]

I realize sometimes people can get too sick for family to handle. If I ever had to use a hospice like facility, I would search for the best one possible and watch what they do. I generally have not been satisfied with nursing homes I’ve been in for my two grandparents and others. I’m only 19, so I hope to not have to deal with this for a while, but I would like to try to care for parents with a private nurse at home when they get sick and elderly.

[Chickensoup]

If you love your relatives..don’t fall for it. Let them die in peace in the loving arms of their family, it doesn’t cost a dime but maybe some lost wages and one less color TV with cable. We have got to make people see that what goes around comes around and we are heading in the wrong direction.

I agree. But there are many isolated people who never had children or are alone. They will be the grist for the hospice mill.