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Originally Posted by Sliver
Plus I think they'd be great for super old people that reach that stage where they're too old for anything and just sit around waiting to die. That sometimes drags on for a decade or so.
If I end up getting super old to the point where there will never be any more fun and life is just a monotonous bore, I'd way rather hop in a pod and leave an inheritance versus hanging on burning through thousands of dollars in care homes to just keep me existing.
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I was a volunteer in a Calgary nursing home for a number of years where I would visit a woman in her late 70's who was blind. You could argue she had every right to want out of life. The facility didn't cater to the blind and other than me and her 2 daughters, she didn't have a lot to live for.
Dispite all that she was happy. She enjoyed our visits that often included me pushing her in her wheel chair around the court yard, me reading the newspaper to her, coversations and by weekly games of Bingo in the games room. PCA's and nurses said she was delight to work with everyday.
Sometimes life comes down to an attitude we have about it.
TBQH I have wondered if we will get to a state where we put our elderly in Pods when they become a burden to society, both cost and housing wise. A slippery slope type of thing where this Pod thing changes over the years where we reach that point, I hope not.