FFS lay off the artificial intelligence bullshit. I don’t want or need machine learning in my fucking browser. I tell it where to go, and it goes there. This is not a problem that needs solving. There had better be a way to turn this garbage off.
Good questions, particularly about the LTE. If you’re in the USA and not running a stock ROM, and not using a Pixel phone, there’s a good chance that VoLTE is not going to work. So you’ll have 4G data, but no voice calling.
A relative has late-ish stage pulmonary fibrosis, needs oxygen in bed, and can’t walk around even with oxygen. He’s getting kicked out of the hospital because they can’t improve him, but he might live another year or two and doesn’t want to pay for hospice. I can’t imagine his wife dealing with all his needs (they’re...
Hospice does not cost anything, and a patient can be evaluated for hospice if a medical doctor determines that they will likely die within the next year. Be very careful what hospice company you go with. They are businesses, and they are selling a service. You’re just not paying for it. Research them well.
A nursing home will be $10K/month, and might be a horrible experience. They are to be avoided at all costs. Medicare will pay for a nursing home IF there is some rehabilitation involved. For instance, the patient is getting physical / occupational / respiratory therapy while there. Medicare will not pay for “comfort care”, which is simply keeping someone comfortable while they’re dying.
I don’t think a primary residence can be taken for medical bills, particularly while a surviving spouse is living there, so their house should not be in danger.
Talk to an estate planner to help with safeguarding assets.
As far as home care, I got my dad a home health attendant, which will cost $25-$60/hour to help him around the house for two days per week. This worked out fine until he couldn’t get in and out of the bathtub anymore. At that point, he went into an assisted living facility ($7K/month, which didn’t even include everything), then got worse and moved up one level of care ($8K/month), then had a series of falls and wound up in a skilled nursing facility getting rehab (paid by Medicare), then began dying and was put on comfort care ($10K/month), and died after about two weeks.
It’s an absolute shitfest. Nursing homes are terrible. They basically tortured my dad so they could make more money before he died. I can still hear him screaming and it fucks me up that I put him in that place to try and save some money. They abused him, and I had to move him, while he was dying, to another facility that allowed hospice to have access to him. Hospice gave him good drugs and he died in peace. I feel responsible that his passing wasn’t easier.
Getting hospice involved earlier is a good move from the standpoint of keeping the patient comfortable, and preparing for the different stages that are coming next. They will know what to look for. You will not, and a lot of nurses won’t recognize the early signs of dying either. Get hospice involved.
Thanks. The screaming wasn’t something I was ready for, and it stayed with me. The staff’s indifference to someone screaming is equally shocking. This is why hospice is so important. They know what to look for before things get to that point.
This dude made a simulation of what it would look like from a spaceship accelerating towards the speed of light. Click in the upper half of the acceleration slider to move forward....
Gillian Welch- Caleb Meyer (www.youtube.com)
McLUSKY - To Hell With Good Intentions (www.youtube.com)
Little Big & Little Sis Nora - Hardstyle Fish (youtu.be)
Sorry, I had to share as it’s been stuck in my head since yesterday.
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox (arstechnica.com)
How is Ubuntu Touch in 2024?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/15043450...
What do you think about privacy services like Incogni?
I’d like to purge some of my info from the interwebs, and was considering trying one of these services. Does anyone have any experience with them?
Viagra Boys - live at Lowlands 2023 (www.youtube.com)
The Hives Live at AB - Ancienne Belgique (www.youtube.com)
Swedish bands are keeping me awake tonight.
Seeking advice: know anything about U.S. end-of-life care/financial programs?
A relative has late-ish stage pulmonary fibrosis, needs oxygen in bed, and can’t walk around even with oxygen. He’s getting kicked out of the hospital because they can’t improve him, but he might live another year or two and doesn’t want to pay for hospice. I can’t imagine his wife dealing with all his needs (they’re...
Why can't the government buy its own debts and cancel them?
Or does the government already do this? If so, can anyone explain like I’m five?
Relativistic Spaceship Simulator (dmytry.github.io)
This dude made a simulation of what it would look like from a spaceship accelerating towards the speed of light. Click in the upper half of the acceleration slider to move forward....
Initial Impressions of GrapheneOS
cross-posted from: lemmy.today/post/6126694...
Clown Core - Toilet (Visual Album) (www.youtube.com)
I’ve watched more of this than I’d like to admit. They’re very good musicians.
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves (www.youtube.com)
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams (waxy.org)