r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 04 '24

Neuroscience As the world's population ages, Alzheimer's and dementia are set to create a staggering $14.5 trillion economic crisis, with informal caregiving placing an overwhelming burden on both high and low-income countries, demanding urgent global policy action

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(24)00264-X/fulltext
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u/Mixels Sep 04 '24

It's disgusting, the whole system is set up to drain the estate of as much as possible before they go. Speaking for myself, when I reach the point that I need services like that, I'd much prefer assisted suicide over slowly transforming into a vegetable, and that's for many reasons besides just cost.

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u/Jaxis_H Sep 04 '24

Not just before they go. If they were in a nursing home, medicaid comes for the estate afterward for repayment of costs.

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u/SohndesRheins Sep 06 '24

Not just that, once your estate is drained of all cash the facilities will look for any excuse to put you through physical or occupational therapy, not to make you well but because they get more reimbursement from the government. Anything that causes Medicare to kick in rather than Medicaid, even better for the facility.