What does the future hold?
Geriatrics is depressing.
No wonder those in the health services and the elderly are at increased risk of depression. (Actually, the elderly will be at greater risk of dementia than depression in a few years time.)
Imagine, for the vast majority of people, the last few years of life (no matter when you die) will probably be wrought with a host of disabilities and impairments. And the only thing you can do for now is to delay the onset of the symptoms so that they are compressed within a shorter time frame.
Old folks without family support would probably end up in residential aged care centres, places that are like hostels. Imagine that! Living in a hostel for the rest of your twilight life! Curfew after a certain time, meals at fixed times at the canteen, no wandering out without supervision, no customisation of rooms, no more than 12 books in the room etc. There's a host lot more of restrictions believe me. Heck, even the old hall was better than this! At least you get lots of friends, plenty of jacking sessions (thanks CY for all the fun you provided =p), freedom to eat what you like whenever whereever you like (provided you're willing to go out and splurge a little..meaning if you're not YTH wahaha).
By the age of 80, $5000 is spent on average per elderly person per year. And that's just hospital costs alone! About a quarter of that amount is spent in addition for medication.
And there's this thing about frailty. A case of "reduced redundancy". Well, sounds good when you put it that way, but it just means your body is less equipped to upkeep itself properly. Anything from dehydration to a slight bout of flu would be enough to push you over the edge, to the point where you can't even move around on your own.
And yeah, although it might seem like a wonderful fantasy where a nurse helps to bathe you and feed you, I don't think it would seem all that fun when it has to be done everyday, for the rest of your life. No sirree..
And supposedly, there's some pros if you manage to transition from young and pimply to old and wrinkly. Please do tell me what they are if you do find out.
"40 is the old age of youth, 50 is the youth of old age."
French Proverb
"60 is the new 30!"
Some random comic character which for the life of me I can't remember who it is right now.
*launches into dementia*
6 comments:
whoa....relakx man. why so depressing la? but anyway. imagine if CY ended up in a geriatric nursing home AND PPL STILL KEPT DUNKING HIM!!! hahaha....
Haha, must be the lecturer doing a good job =p
well, at least 1 thing's for sure..he'd never outrun them this time! wahaha
haha...lecturer doing a good job. ahahhaa! what a lamer!!! ohno... you know since i wasa 16, no matter where i went to study there are lame ppl to keep me from getting saner? haha....some (like you) even plague me past the time when our course ended in singapore. hahahaha....stay lame you cheehuahua.
Like attracts like? And considering that you're the nexus point of lamerville throughout time..well, nuff said! =)
And yeah, maybe things will be better when you stop thinking of it as a plague..that's just so..depressing? medical jargon-ish? Wahaha..Rather, think of it as the gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving...pleasant thought innit? =p
no. it's not pleasant. it's rather scary. like lip jeen said one time i was too lame, "wah, next time your kids arh, damn kesian" hey, just a piece of trivia. do you know the toilets in bangsar shopping centre have female urinals? haha...
Like, you know..whoah! Like, totally random duuude! Like whoah!
Hahas..
Female urinals? 1st question that comes to mind: Don't those help only pregnant women and transsexuals who havn't had their surgery completed?
2nd question: What were you doing in the female toilets?
3rd question: Why aren't the questions popping up in my mind in a normal priority based order?
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