So sad. Today I read in the local newspaper about an 84-year-old man who strangled his 82-year-old wife, then killed himself.
He was blind, she was dement and wheelchair-bound. He left a note, "Please don´t be mad, it had to be that way". They lived in a house of their own. Children were not mentioned in the article.
The article goes on every second suicide is committed by senior citizens; they are sick, in pain. The only alternative would be a nursing home – and they know they will be separated there. They cannot cope with that thought.
Hello?! Separated?! They are old, that´s all. I learned that it´s difficult for couples who found each other in nursing homes to find a place for themselves and could not believe it.
But that couples who lived together for decades are separated like teenagers is unbelieveable to me.
Just where do we live?! Who decides this and why?! Mostly it´s two-bedrooms anyway!
It makes one afraid of getting old, really. I wonder, do those people who make these decisions want to be treated that way themselves when they come to that age, to that point? Do they actually think about these things?
What do you have in endless nights full of pain if not your partner?! Here is the article (german).
2 comments:
It is so very sad. I fear old age sometimes. My grandparents are about to turn 91 soon. They live alone together. It would kill them indeed to be separated.
And why should they be separated?!
Wow! 91!
Hopefully time changes how we live like when being old - to the good side!
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