Nursing Home or Home with Private Nurse/Helpers

[goji]

There is no way I would think about going into a nursing home in what is basically a third -world country.

When the time comes perhaps I'll grab one of my regulars, take him back to Australia and have him take care of me.

Then he gets everything when I kick the bucket.

Win, win situation!

1 A nursing home in Thailand should cost less than the west & it wouldn't surprise me if the service would be better.

2 Some of the Thai hospitals have a very good reputation, although obviously those costs have to be paid somehow, whereas many of us expect free care in our home countries. [In the case of the UK, there is no sign of the political will to reform the Soviet structure of our healtcare system, despite the queues resembling those seen in Eastern Europe pre 1989. So I'm not convinced our healthcare system will maintain any kind of advantage. Many other western countries have a larger element of competition, so no worries there.]

So I think an open mind to Thai nursing homes is best.


Also, any of us planning to have a Thai boy care for them AND ensuring he stands to make a financial gain from our death needs to be aware of the incentives that this creates. Most people will be of good character, so nothing to worry about with them.

[arsenal]

Goji wrote.
"1 A nursing home in Thailand should cost less than the west & it wouldn't surprise me if the service would be better."

It would surprise me if it wasn't.

[StevieWonders]

Goji wrote.
"1 A nursing home in Thailand should cost less than the west & it wouldn't surprise me if the service would be better."

It would surprise me if it wasn't.

The nursing home, by itself, maybe. You then have to factor in the cost of medication, especially if it's non-generic. A diabetic friend of mine who takes long-lasting insulin ("Lantus") has costed this at roughly 100 baht a day if supplied in Thailand - and that's only one of his medications. He can get a six-months supply in his subsidised health system at home at 100 baht for the entire six months.

[StevieWonders]

In the case of the UK, there is no sign of the political will to reform the Soviet structure of our healtcare system, despite the queues resembling those seen in Eastern Europe pre 1989. So I'm not convinced our healthcare system will maintain any kind of advantage. Many other western countries have a larger element of competition, so no worries there.

In Scotland we do the NHS much better, so your comments are only about your experience of the NHS in England - http://www.thenational.scot/news/158...about_others_/

Last year's disappointing result in the Courts about euthanasia means we have numbers of people who would prefer to be dead cluttering up the hospital system.

[DaveyJonesLocker]

He can get a six-months supply in his subsidised health system at home at 100 baht for the entire six months.

Sounds like Australia. Pensioners get all their medications at $6 a pop, injecting needles for the insulin are free (he would pay in Thailand) and blood sugar testing strips are heavily subsidised.

[mr giggles]

I suggest you try the UK where there are many maximum-security twilight homes for the permanently bewildered.

The one I have a future booking in is : "Dun-Raven"

[francois]

Goji wrote.
"1 A nursing home in Thailand should cost less than the west & it wouldn't surprise me if the service would be better."

It would surprise me if it wasn't.

Geezer reported that the care at Dok Kaew Gardens was quite good. If interested you may send him a PM on gaybuttonthai.com for further info on his experience. But no boyz!

[arsenal]

Thanks Francois but when my time comes I shall move into the Sleaze An Up retirement village. I hear the meatloaf is excellent..
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[DaveyJonesLocker]

I guess the cheapest way to get a head job in such places would be to lube up the vacuum cleaner. That thought sprang to mind as arsenal's avatar reminds me of nothing quite so much as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman.

[francois]

I know most of the readers here are active enough and well taken care by boys from boystown and beyond. Nevertheless I am interested to know are there any long-term care facility for farang seniors in Bangkok? Or usually they will rely on hiring private nurses and domestic maids while living in the comfort of their own home? Please enlighten me

Dimsumbear, if you are truly interested in info on long-term care facilities, I suggest you post your concerns on gaybuttonthai.com; gaythailand.com; or thaivisa.com.
At least you will some intelligent responses unlike this forum which thrives on nothing but childish humor.