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In reply to the discussion: If you are elderly and poor, prison is better than a retirement home [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)28. It is not acceptable and should never be acceptable...
Besides, not all old people wind up out in the street. There are social programs specifically designed for the elderly homeless to get into nursing homes.
My father was homeless in Reno, NV. They kept him in the hospital until he was able to get into a nursing home. My grandfather in Oklahoma was removed from his home. We're still waiting for a slot for him in the VA home. He is in a nursing home.
There are programs specifically designed for the homeless who are elderly.
Now, I will say this. We do have to make improvements in our current system. The elderly population is just beginning to boom and it will become more difficult as time goes on to make sure they get the care they need.
Prison will never be the answer.
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If you are elderly and poor, prison is better than a retirement home [View all]
angstlessk
May 2012
OP
Hogwash would be more accurate to describe the way our society treats the elderly.
DontTreadOnMe
May 2012
#2
They cannot keep an elderly person for the long term in the infirmary...not even a young prisoner...
cynatnite
May 2012
#19
That still leaves the choice, prison food, or catfood. I would prefer prison food.
WingDinger
May 2012
#20
It's hard for many of us to shake they feeling we sentenced loved ones to prison-like conditions
Generic Other
May 2012
#41
One. She would share with ONE criminal. Currently, she shares with THREE mentally ill people.
Honeycombe8
May 2012
#48
It is hogwash because you can get health care in a nursing home or retirement home...
cynatnite
May 2012
#7
Bullshit on you...Federal prisons...which is why old folks are robbing banks and not 7-11's
angstlessk
May 2012
#12
The elderly do not deserve to spend the final years of their lives in a prison. n/t
cynatnite
May 2012
#40
That's because those places have nursing staff and other medical care workers...
cynatnite
May 2012
#8
Nursing homes are not there to care for the elderly..they are there for profit
angstlessk
May 2012
#13
If the elderly are committing crimes to go to Federal prisons...they speak louder
angstlessk
May 2012
#27
So your advise would be they should commit suicide..since their choice is NOT
angstlessk
May 2012
#29