Comments on: When I Couldn’t Care for Myself Anymore http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: auee http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-3502 auee Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:28:43 +0000 http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/#comment-3502 Anna's right. Retirement homes need not be a nightmare. Siguro better to do it when you still have your wits about you, rather than being forced to it. But retiring in Pinas, when you've got the moolah to support yourself, is the best option. Anna’s right. Retirement homes need not be a nightmare. Siguro better to do it when you still have your wits about you, rather than being forced to it.

But retiring in Pinas, when you’ve got the moolah to support yourself, is the best option.

]]> By: annamanila http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-3468 annamanila Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:07:23 +0000 http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/#comment-3468 That is always a option for expats -- retire in the Philippines which is now being developed as a retirees' haven. I'd be less than truthful if I said this hasn't crossed my mind. I have no doubt my children or most of them would be willing to take me in, for better or worse But I doubt whether I would like that. I'd imagine I would insist on independence for as long as I could and for as long as I can still take walks, read, micro-wave food, and go online. But going to a nursing home need not be a horror story. There is something nice about being with people your age and having structure to the twilight days. In fact, I am giving it half a thought, except ... are there good homes here in our country? That is always a option for expats — retire in the Philippines which is now being developed as a retirees’ haven.

I’d be less than truthful if I said this hasn’t crossed my mind. I have no doubt my children or most of them would be willing to take me in, for better or worse But I doubt whether I would like that. I’d imagine I would insist on independence for as long as I could and for as long as I can still take walks, read, micro-wave food, and go online.

But going to a nursing home need not be a horror story. There is something nice about being with people your age and having structure to the twilight days. In fact, I am giving it half a thought, except … are there good homes here in our country?

]]> By: K.noizki http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-3445 K.noizki Sun, 31 May 2009 18:24:53 +0000 http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/#comment-3445 I hear this all the time with the old folks at my work. They say their children will likely "abandoned" them when they reached the certain age (old age). For a minute, I said to myself, 'at least they got kids to at least look after them whereas me, single, older then who will take care of me, definitely NOT Kathleen, right'? It's a scary thought. I don't know what to say, maybe "will tell you when we get there"? For now, just enjoy with your family and 'be extra nice to them or else', haha! I hear this all the time with the old folks at my work. They say their children will likely “abandoned” them when they reached the certain age (old age). For a minute, I said to myself, ‘at least they got kids to at least look after them whereas me, single, older then who will take care of me, definitely NOT Kathleen, right’?

It’s a scary thought. I don’t know what to say, maybe “will tell you when we get there”? For now, just enjoy with your family and ‘be extra nice to them or else’, haha!

]]> By: Karmi http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 Karmi Sat, 30 May 2009 23:46:03 +0000 http://www.simplybelle.net/when-i-couldnt-care-for-myself-anymore/#comment-3442 I guess it's never too early to plan for that time in the future. I read that they're trying to promote Philippines as a good place to settle in after retirement. It's a very popular destination among Japanese. Children also think about their parents. I know I do about my mother. I'd want my child to grow up with her nearby. I guess it’s never too early to plan for that time in the future. I read that they’re trying to promote Philippines as a good place to settle in after retirement. It’s a very popular destination among Japanese. Children also think about their parents. I know I do about my mother. I’d want my child to grow up with her nearby.

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