Re: What Happens?

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:15:35 GMT, "Jerry Okamura"
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:37:39 GMT, "Jerry Okamura"
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On 12 Jul 2006 07:45:50 -0700, "California Poppy"
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Jerry Okamura wrote:
What happens if you have say a massive stroke, and you are no longer
able to
live without a lot of assistance, and there is no one to speak on your
behalf, no family member to take care of you?

The county department of social services, I believe. They have been
watching over a neighbor of mine and send someone out to check about
once a month. A neighor checks on her daily and is hired by the county
for this..

If unable to function at home, the person would be placed in a nursing
home and Medicaid would pay the bill if the person's resources were
exhausted. At any rate, the person would not be just left to die
unaided.

That makes sense to me. The State would take over, and make the decisions
for that person...whether the person likes it or not....

Seems to me if the person could in any way commuinicate, wihether
through speech of writing, and had resources to pay for care, they
would be honored. But your example seems to be of a person in a
near comatose state. Leave that person to die or care for him or her
under the state's protocol for such cases seem to be the alternatives
unless you can dream up another? Some people lieave living wills that
lay out certain preferences. The state however would be legally
constrained from just allowing a person to die.


I would hope that the State would honor their wishes, but I am not certain
they would honor their wishes. As for you second point, it would also
include people who do not have the resources that the State can touch.....

Well, nothing is certain and laws are not always followed. And yes it
is possible to hide assets. But with the person unable to communicate
at all, someone has to make a decision on what to do and since your
question concerned persons who had no one, then it is the state that
will deal with it.

If you want to go into this in great depth and come up with instances
when this didn't work, be my guest. I am now bored with the topic
but obviously you are not so it's your play:)



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