VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform · 2 days agoWhy exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?discuss.onlineimagemessage-square219linkfedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down19cross-posted to: latestagecapitalism
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageWhy exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly?discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform · 2 days agomessage-square219linkfedilinkcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism
minus-squareSoggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoI’d rather walk in front of a bus than die in a nursing home, frankly. Wasting away unable to care for myself seems uniquely miserable.
minus-squaretexturelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI’m not saying i want to end up in a home, just that i should be able to afford one if i end up needing and want to be in one. My uncle decided on MAID yesterday, i support his choice. edit - grammar
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours ago(Not so) fun fact : that is exactly what some end up doing ! Gf’s grandmother escaped her nursing home to walk in front of a train.
minus-squareSoggylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoReasonable “death with dignity” options would erase the need for such drastic measures but of course the Christian Nationalists hate that kind of thing.
I’d rather walk in front of a bus than die in a nursing home, frankly. Wasting away unable to care for myself seems uniquely miserable.
I’m not saying i want to end up in a home, just that i should be able to afford one if i end up needing and want to be in one.
My uncle decided on MAID yesterday, i support his choice.
edit - grammar
(Not so) fun fact : that is exactly what some end up doing ! Gf’s grandmother escaped her nursing home to walk in front of a train.
Reasonable “death with dignity” options would erase the need for such drastic measures but of course the Christian Nationalists hate that kind of thing.