Your strategy for end-of-life care if you don't have children?

[zinfamous]

The tentative plan currently is to become one with the force and fade away. Failing that, there is always the Highlander option.

cut off someone else's head and hope to absorb their powers?

What if you don't absorb their powers and instead end up on death row as a 95 year-old crone?

 

[JEDI]

This thread reminds me of the Freakonomics podcast I listened to this morning - 'Why Marry?'

summary?

 

[RockinZ28]

Hopefully we'll have the Matrix by then. I'll just sit in a tube and be Superman in my own simulated world.

 

[nickbits]

In all likelihood, I'll die before it becomes an issue. Only one male in my family has made it to 70 and all were self sufficient before they died (minus a week or two). If I do end up living that long, I'll just pay for a nursing home.

 

[JEDI]

For myself, I'm a saver, and plan to use a CCRC.

neat.. elderly communities.
you can shift from independent living to assisted living to finally, nursing home/hospice care.

but how much do they cost?

 

[JEDI]

I'm 99% certain that I'm going out on my terms. When I can't walk, can't enjoy life, I'm taking the fast road out of town. I'm not going to die slowly in some fucking facility.

yet many people who become paraplegics (ie: Christopher reeve) return to their same happiness state as b4 the accident.

the human mind is amazing at adapting

 

[pauldun170]

Keep large dogs as pets.
Hire dog walker to walk them for you on a weekly basis, pre-paid.
When you die, dog will eventually feed on you.
When dog walker comes to house, dog walker rescues dogs and calls cops.
Dogs will be put down because they are now considered man eaters.
House and property will be put up for auction.

At least that's what I'd do if I didn't have 2 kids

 

[JEDI]

Keep large dogs as pets.
Hire dog walker to walk them for you on a weekly basis, pre-paid.
When you die, dog will eventually feed on you.
When dog walker comes to house, dog walker rescues dogs and calls cops.
Dogs will be put down because they are now considered man eaters.
House and property will be put up for auction.

At least that's what I'd do if I didn't have 2 kids

1000 internets to this man!

 

[JimmiG]

Unless something drastically changes, I expect socialist hell Sweden to have elderly care through the government when I grow old.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Why is that not a serious and valid answer?

I'm single, no kids, very little immediate family. I don't need an extra four months just to watch the grandkids graduate high school or college, or to see my daughter married. If I have a terminal illness, dying tomorrow is as just good as dying in December.

I'm 99% certain that I'm going out on my terms. When I can't walk, can't enjoy life, I'm taking the fast road out of town. I'm not going to die slowly in some fucking facility.

Because it's not that simple. Plenty of people need care but are otherwise still healthy enough to enjoy life in other ways. If your body is frail but your mind is still good. I had an uncle who was still publishing research papers despite needing a live-in nurse, cook, and people to push him around in a wheelchair. Luckily he got all that for free at a Chinese university he was working at (because of his prestige - it's not common).

 

[pcslookout]

Because it's not that simple. Plenty of people need care but are otherwise still healthy enough to enjoy life in other ways. If your body is frail but your mind is still good. I had an uncle who was still publishing research papers despite needing a live-in nurse, cook, and people to push him around in a wheelchair. Luckily he got all that for free at a Chinese university he was working at (because of his prestige - it's not common).

Interesting.

Anyway I don't care when I die I just know I could die tomorrow and still be happy. I already done everything I ever wanted. Don't plan on living that long. Hopefully I don't.

 

[TwiceOver]

I have a child and have no plans for him to take care of either of us.

That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

 

[dullard]

I have a child and have no plans for him to take care of either of us.

That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

Taking care of elderly can involve a whole range of things. Even an occasional phone call can be sufficient for the elderly and depressed for a significant health boost.

 

[Imp]

Move into a big apartment complex, get as obese as I possibly can, then pay my rent for the next year in advance...

 

[sourceninja]

...

 

[TallBill]

No kids yet.... either way I'll have money saved for whatever. Would rather just die in my own home.

 

[TwiceOver]

Taking care of elderly can involve a whole range of things. Even an occasional phone call can be sufficient for the elderly and depressed for a significant health boost.

A phone call is not what the OP is talking about.

 

[Jeff7]

Bullet to the brain.

My vote counts as much as anyone else's!

At least put down some plastic first so you don't leave stains everywhere.

Or maybe huff helium till you pass out and just suffocate.

...or nitrous oxide, or something that'll create a euphoric state while it's killing you.

cut off someone else's head and hope to absorb their powers?

What if you don't absorb their powers and instead end up on death row as a 95 year-old crone?

If at first you don't succeed.....

Unless something drastically changes, I expect socialist hell Sweden to have elderly care through the government when I grow old.

 

[ImpulsE69]

We know we don't want kids...but can't say we've really had the "what are we going to do when we are old" talk. I have a feeling she'll outlive me considerably so I told her she needs to find her a sugar daddy.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I'm gonna run my boat due West into the Pacific ocean until it runs outta gas, stand on the gunnel and put a bullet thru my head.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm in the same boat, 30 (I still can't believe that) and no kids, not married and honestly not really interested in either of those. By the time my time is up my parents will be dead, naturally. I have a sister who has kids though, she's older than me, so for sake of this conversation let's say she's gone too. My nephews would be adults by then and settled with their own house/job etc, possibly married, so I imagine they'd take care of me/come see me (not that I plan to actually give them that burden) and I'd probably be in an old age home once I can't take care of myself. They'd probably end up with power of attorney at some point.

As far as inheritance, I actually need to make a will, I will probably put my parents, sister/brother in law, and nephews. So depending on when I die and who is alive it will be spread accordingly. The actual details I'll have to decide when I actually get the will done. I can get hit by a bus tomorrow or live to 100, so that changes things.

Idealy I want to skip the whole old age home thing and die suddenly from some really epic or hilarious accident and not be a burden on anyone. Or maybe some kind of heroic act where I die saving someone.

 

[TheGardener]

My 72 cats will eat my remains.

 

[Sonikku]

cut off someone else's head and hope to absorb their powers?

What if you don't absorb their powers and instead end up on death row as a 95 year-old crone?

Then it's on the State to take care of me.

 

[TheGardener]

Unless something drastically changes, I expect socialist hell Sweden to have elderly care through the government when I grow old.

Yes, and when you become depressed over failing health, they will give you ample encouragement to help society out, by taking advantage of their customized assisted suicide program.

 

[zinfamous]

Then it's on the State to take care of me.

a bed, a roof, and 3 squares per day? You know...not bad.

:hmm: