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LeftyMom

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46. Finally somebody mentions the smell!

Fri May 25, 2012, 09:29 PM

May 2012

I've been in prisons and I've been in nursing homes. The prisoners ate MUCH better, which is probably a big factor in that awful smell nursing homes have.

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If you are elderly and poor, prison is better than a retirement home [View all] angstlessk May 2012 OP

This is probably the biggest pile of hogwash I've ever read on DU... cynatnite May 2012 #1

Hogwash would be more accurate to describe the way our society treats the elderly. DontTreadOnMe May 2012 #2

The article is implying that prison is better than a retirement home... cynatnite May 2012 #6

UM, if you are infirm, you will be in the infirmary. WingDinger May 2012 #16

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

Well, I know for a fact they are not serving catfood in nursing homes... cynatnite May 2012 #22

My sister is in a nursing home on Medicaid. The OP does make a good point. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #35

So, do you think she'd be better off housed with criminals? cynatnite May 2012 #39

It's hard for many of us to shake they feeling we sentenced loved ones to prison-like conditions Generic Other May 2012 #41

I do, too. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #45

There was no choice. I work and am gone all day.... Honeycombe8 May 2012 #49

One. She would share with ONE criminal. Currently, she shares with THREE mentally ill people. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #48

this is true. astral Mar 2016 #54

You're way ahead of the curve. nilesobek Mar 2016 #52

Not hogwash if you actually rob a bank to get healthcare angstlessk May 2012 #3

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

Federal prisons cannot provide the same level of care than a nursing home... cynatnite May 2012 #18

People in Federal Prison come up for parole. Downwinder May 2012 #36

The elderly do not deserve to spend the final years of their lives in a prison. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #40

Unless you have money, you have to be pretty sick to get in a nursing home. Hoyt Mar 2016 #51

oh nonsense. First of all the number of seniors robbing banks cali May 2012 #37

You seem to think EVERY OLD PERSON can enter a well run nursing home... angstlessk May 2012 #24

It is not acceptable and should never be acceptable... cynatnite May 2012 #28

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Heh. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #53

I've been considering this lately. Voice for Peace May 2012 #4

I saw another one a week or so ago..... Uben May 2012 #5

That's because those places have nursing staff and other medical care workers... cynatnite May 2012 #8

Did you glue your hand to your face? I do believe it is cheaper than angstlessk May 2012 #10

Assisted living still requires health care workers...nurses... cynatnite May 2012 #14

Heck Motel 6 is even cheaper with the same amenities!... angstlessk May 2012 #9

Yep, they'll have free cable, but no nurse to dispense meds for them... cynatnite May 2012 #11

Nursing homes are not there to care for the elderly..they are there for profit angstlessk May 2012 #13

Motel 6 is cheaper for a reason... cynatnite May 2012 #15

I understand that the Motel 6 argument is bogus...but the prison debate angstlessk May 2012 #21

Prison will never be viable for an elderly person... cynatnite May 2012 #25

If the elderly are committing crimes to go to Federal prisons...they speak louder angstlessk May 2012 #27

Wow! There must be a surge of old people robbing banks? cynatnite May 2012 #30

This is drivel from people who believe prison is like a night in a motel rustydog May 2012 #17

If the alternative is to die of a disease that can be treated angstlessk May 2012 #23

It's not living... cynatnite May 2012 #26

So your advise would be they should commit suicide..since their choice is NOT angstlessk May 2012 #29

Are you completely bent? cynatnite May 2012 #31

Screw you too...folks ARE COMMITTING CRIMES TO GO TO PRISON for health care angstlessk May 2012 #34

You are advocating it without evidence... cynatnite May 2012 #38

From my own experience vankuria May 2012 #32

My mother recently spent two weeks in a nursing facility aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #33

I'm 100% with you on that one Generic Other May 2012 #42

My hope is for some one to break into my little house in the woods, LiberalArkie May 2012 #43

Finally somebody mentions the smell! LeftyMom May 2012 #46

I kept my mother at home for 5 years before she died lunatica May 2012 #47

I have been around nursing homes for many years now Broderick May 2012 #44