30 years? It’s happening now. A significant portion of the homeless people that exist in this country are senior citizens who are too old to work and cannot afford housing. There are programs that are able to help some of them, but not all.
We need more affordable housing and nursing staff who can take care of elderly homeless people.
Too bad the rich oligarchs are buying up land for data centers to make AI slop the next big thing, and healthcare is laughably underfunded in this country.
But arent you happy that they aren’t just outright murdering you like in Tulsa? Really, you should be happy to starve or succumb to weather or sepsis, pleb.
Unfortunately more nursing staff won’t matter if there’s no one to pay for people to be there. Everyone can get Medicare after they turn 65, but what few people know is that Medicare only pays for Skilled Nursing (SNF), which is short-term and requires a “skilled need,” aka a doc has to certify that you need physical and occupational therapy for a period of time to get better.
As people age though, many lose the ability to care for themselves altogether, and many of those individuals may end up in Long-Term Care (LTC). Medicare does not cover this, only Medicaid does, and only people who are basically destitute are eligible for Medicaid. This means someone who is forced to go to LTC is very likely to spend every penny to their name there before becoming Medicaid eligible.
Make a long-term care plan, y’all, and talk to your parents about theirs too. I’ve seen what happens when it becomes a crisis and no plans have been made and it’s awful.
30 years? It’s happening now. A significant portion of the homeless people that exist in this country are senior citizens who are too old to work and cannot afford housing. There are programs that are able to help some of them, but not all.
We need more affordable housing and nursing staff who can take care of elderly homeless people.
Too bad the rich oligarchs are buying up land for data centers to make AI slop the next big thing, and healthcare is laughably underfunded in this country.
But arent you happy that they aren’t just outright murdering you like in Tulsa? Really, you should be happy to starve or succumb to weather or sepsis, pleb.
Unfortunately more nursing staff won’t matter if there’s no one to pay for people to be there. Everyone can get Medicare after they turn 65, but what few people know is that Medicare only pays for Skilled Nursing (SNF), which is short-term and requires a “skilled need,” aka a doc has to certify that you need physical and occupational therapy for a period of time to get better.
As people age though, many lose the ability to care for themselves altogether, and many of those individuals may end up in Long-Term Care (LTC). Medicare does not cover this, only Medicaid does, and only people who are basically destitute are eligible for Medicaid. This means someone who is forced to go to LTC is very likely to spend every penny to their name there before becoming Medicaid eligible.
Make a long-term care plan, y’all, and talk to your parents about theirs too. I’ve seen what happens when it becomes a crisis and no plans have been made and it’s awful.
Feeling very comfy with my NHS when i read this comment
Have you also seen the news that the NHS is giving all their health data to Palantir?