While this song had a different meaning at the time, the generation who listened to it may well have the same sentiment.
In an article in todays Star we learn of the horror of ending up in a nursing home.
There you will be provided with the best meals that $5.57 a day can buy. But worry not! Over the “next several years” this will increase to $7 a day! This genius is topped by the $1.20 a day alloted for those with incontinence. Which means the average person is provided with 3-4 protective briefs per day.
Imagine the uproar if a parent left a child in soiled diapers changing them only 3-4 times a day. Why is it acceptable to do the same for adults?
It is a sad reflection on how business oriented every aspect of our lives is becoming when a persons most basic needs, including the need for dignity, is considered less important than saving a buck. [Read more…] about Hope I die before I get old
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