The current system of LTC in the USA - centralized & subservient to heavy-handed government control - has prevented localized experimentation in various, pro-quality-of-life care philosophies.
It is within the nature of financial capitalism (I stress financial) to treat its members of the society primarily as consumers, NOT as citizens. Therefore, it makes sense that life in long term care land is a good life only for the most wealthy of private pay consumers. In addition, the modern philosophy of post progressive, trans humanism coupled with climate change has elements of eugenics. iI you are productive, then you are OK, if you cease, then bye bye. There are too many people on earth, so.... Isn't it interesting to read more and more geriatrics writing that the best age to die is 75. After, it is only downhill. Thank you for another great reflexion.
Great article! It's wonderful to see different ideas and approaches to long term care (and thanks for mentioning me, Hal). I think the problem in the future with the family-based caregiver approach is that many young people are deciding not to have families. I saw a statistic that in the next decade or so, 45% of women will never marry. That's going to get very challenging when someone has no family to take care of them and no means to go to assisted living.
Great article (as usual) and highlights what is becoming a huge problem and will continue to be a problem until it’s addressed. Family is not always equipped to handle elderly relatives with regards to dementia, sundowning, violence, continence, multiple medications, wandering. I love the idea of a facility that is like a home environment instead of an institution. Heck some prisons are nicer than some of these nursing facilities! I hope there are more people who speak out and can lead the way to how to change these facilities for the better. First step: reduce administrators. Many of these places are so too heavy I’m shocked they don’t tip over. Great article!
I have an alternate view on lung physiology that dismisses the notion of oxygen and carbon dioxide gaseous exchange
The article is titled
We breathe air not oxygen
I take you though all the steps that lead to this statement
Including how oxygen is manufactured
How oxygen is calibrated
Eg medical oxygen has 67parts per million of water contamination
Why oxygen is toxic, dehydrates and damages the alveoli
Lung physiology requires the air at the alveoli to reach 100% humidity
Can you see the problem?
The new take on lung physiology:
The lungs rehydrate the passing RBCs with iso tonic saline solution as they pass through the alveoli capillary beds
RBCs change from dark contracted dehydrated to plump bright hydrated form as they soak up the iso tonic saline solution the bursting alveoli bubbles throw upon the capillary sac
The airway mucosa conditions the breathe with salt and moisture
Seasonality of colds/flu is related to cold dry air and dehydration
It is within the nature of financial capitalism (I stress financial) to treat its members of the society primarily as consumers, NOT as citizens. Therefore, it makes sense that life in long term care land is a good life only for the most wealthy of private pay consumers. In addition, the modern philosophy of post progressive, trans humanism coupled with climate change has elements of eugenics. iI you are productive, then you are OK, if you cease, then bye bye. There are too many people on earth, so.... Isn't it interesting to read more and more geriatrics writing that the best age to die is 75. After, it is only downhill. Thank you for another great reflexion.
We judge a society on how it treats its (not it's) elders.
Great article! It's wonderful to see different ideas and approaches to long term care (and thanks for mentioning me, Hal). I think the problem in the future with the family-based caregiver approach is that many young people are deciding not to have families. I saw a statistic that in the next decade or so, 45% of women will never marry. That's going to get very challenging when someone has no family to take care of them and no means to go to assisted living.
Great article (as usual) and highlights what is becoming a huge problem and will continue to be a problem until it’s addressed. Family is not always equipped to handle elderly relatives with regards to dementia, sundowning, violence, continence, multiple medications, wandering. I love the idea of a facility that is like a home environment instead of an institution. Heck some prisons are nicer than some of these nursing facilities! I hope there are more people who speak out and can lead the way to how to change these facilities for the better. First step: reduce administrators. Many of these places are so too heavy I’m shocked they don’t tip over. Great article!
I have an alternate view on lung physiology that dismisses the notion of oxygen and carbon dioxide gaseous exchange
The article is titled
We breathe air not oxygen
I take you though all the steps that lead to this statement
Including how oxygen is manufactured
How oxygen is calibrated
Eg medical oxygen has 67parts per million of water contamination
Why oxygen is toxic, dehydrates and damages the alveoli
Lung physiology requires the air at the alveoli to reach 100% humidity
Can you see the problem?
The new take on lung physiology:
The lungs rehydrate the passing RBCs with iso tonic saline solution as they pass through the alveoli capillary beds
RBCs change from dark contracted dehydrated to plump bright hydrated form as they soak up the iso tonic saline solution the bursting alveoli bubbles throw upon the capillary sac
The airway mucosa conditions the breathe with salt and moisture
Seasonality of colds/flu is related to cold dry air and dehydration
Dehydration is the point of susceptibility
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