http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-150033 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:25:44 +0000 arthurminnit 150033@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>if you have that much or more in assets, and you need to go into 24/7 carehome for the rest of your life, what do you need those assets for?<br /> that is the rainy day you were saving for! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149946 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:09:08 +0000 sigmund 149946@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Things must have changed over past 6-7 years as Mr4fun senior's (alzheimers) care home costs didn't get met by nhs/social services at all. Depends if you have some dosh<br /> </blockquote><br /> Yep. If the old-timer has more than (I think) £24 thousand in savings, assets, etc, there’s no state help. So if you’ve got anything worth having, put it in trust for your kids, the cats home or whatever seven years before you need the help. Then the state (ie. the taxes paid by said old-timer) foots the bill. But, having seen many ‘state' care homes, you’re probably better off dead. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149927 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:24:49 +0000 dvo4fun 149927@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@ arthur: "if i live an extra ten years, what are my chances of getting alzheimers, i ask him.<br /> about 70% he says.<br /> and, asks i, how much will that cost the state in 24/7 care for me?<br /> bloody loads, he says"</p> <p>Things must have changed over past 6-7 years as Mr4fun senior's (alzheimers) care home costs didn't get met by nhs/social services at all. Depends if you have some dosh </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149915 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:49:56 +0000 Anonymous 149915@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>fiddling done..</p> <p>any better? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149909 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:32:38 +0000 Anonymous 149909@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ta guys.</p> <p>You're both right. Arthur's got the exact gist of what I'm trying to say and Wayland's spotted it doesn't quite gel. Time pressure meets current affairs alas. I'll have a fiddle and see what I can do.. Any suggestions welcome... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149907 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:06:27 +0000 arthurminnit 149907@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>it's a point i argue with my gp.<br /> he tells me to stop drinking and exercise more, and i will live an extra 10 years, AND cost the nhs less for my by pass/liver transplant/etc.<br /> if i live an extra ten years, what are my chances of getting alzheimers, i ask him.<br /> about 70% he says.<br /> and, asks i, how much will that cost the state in 24/7 care for me?<br /> bloody loads, he says.<br /> more than the bypass/liver transplant/etc? i ask.<br /> OH YES, says he, about three times as much!<br /> no brainer really, i wish the fucking government would realise this, and let us drinkers/smokers/druggies just get on with it and die early. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149906 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:01:23 +0000 waylandsmithy 149906@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I've read this twice, and it still doesn't quite make sense? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=52074#post-149899 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:27:46 +0000 Anonymous 149899@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Following a Daily Mail report claiming an epidemic of bored stiff, binge-drinking, wine guzzling over-65's will all die of liver failure unless they stop drinking more than a tiny glass-a-day, Billingsgate fishmonger, Alf Cattermole, has come up with an original 'change of lifestyle' cure.</p> <p>53 year old Mr Cattermole, a keen wine and malt whisky drinker, underwent triple heart by-pass surgery last year after surviving two major strokes and a near-fatal coronary thrombosis. He has since made a full recovery. But has been advised to swap his 40-per-day cigarette habit for plenty of long walks followed by an early night with a strong statin - washed down by a glass of water. </p> <p>“That Daily Mail wants everyone to live forever in total misery,” moaned Alf today. “But I ought to be dead. Like millions of others I should have died peacefully in my fifties of a sudden heart attack. Not left to die of boring old age, depression and liver disease, soaked in alcohol and dosed up to the eyeballs with heart pills.”</p> <p>Having been told by specialists to expect at least another 20 years excellent service from his healthy liver, Mr Cattermole has now decided to stick with the fags, throw away his statins and let life take its natural course. </p> <p>“Liver disease is for mugs,” he revealed. “I'm donating mine to charity. Let some other superannuated, teetotal, fart of an octogenarian have it. I'm gonna uncork the Chateauneuf-du-Pape, open up the single malt - and stand by to go out with a bang.” </p>