Bonny
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Post by Bonny on Jan 6, 2016 16:12:08 GMT -5
I expect my retirement will look a lot like my parents' - Dad retired and became a Private Investigator. Mom retired, did some traveling with friends, then found a few organizations to volunteer with, and then turned one of those volunteer jobs into a paying job.
So, we have a plan. Property and a dog rescue. It will keep us active and happy, because, well, dogs. After I retire my goal will probably also be to #occupyanoccupation grass being greener and all. That PI thing sounds cool, it'd be a gold Firebird and mobile home on the beach for me.I always thought that Rockford had a pretty cool set up!
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Bonny
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Post by Bonny on Jan 6, 2016 16:21:03 GMT -5
It's true, it definitely depends. Last year, my next door neighbor who is in his upper 60's suffered a stroke on the plane back from India. They had to do an emergency landing in Frankfurt to get him to a hospital. He recovered but was stuck in a hospital in Germany for over a month. He said if he'd been in the U.S. his treatment would have been way faster and was never so glad to be back in the U.S. It was an interesting conversation because you rarely hear people being complimentary of U.S. healthcare. Risk verses reward is definitely a factor when it comes to these things. It could be fine, but I can definitely understand the reluctance past a certain age or physical health. It would appear that your neighbor may not have had medical transportation insurance to get him home, if he wished. My folks wintered in Phoenix, an area notoriously short of quick access to medical care during snowbird season, for many years and had such insurance to get Mom to medical care, if necessary. Although, your neighbor's heart attack may well have been very unexpected. You know there's a Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, right? And that medical services (after real estate sales) has to be one of Scottsdale's biggest industries?
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tskeeter
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Post by tskeeter on Jan 7, 2016 11:57:19 GMT -5
It would appear that your neighbor may not have had medical transportation insurance to get him home, if he wished. My folks wintered in Phoenix, an area notoriously short of quick access to medical care during snowbird season, for many years and had such insurance to get Mom to medical care, if necessary. Although, your neighbor's heart attack may well have been very unexpected. You know there's a Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, right? And that medical services (after real estate sales) has to be one of Scottsdale's biggest industries? Yes, medical care is a big industry in the Phoenix area. The problem has been that the demand for services is so high during snowbird season that it regularly exceeds the ability of the medical community to deliver services in a timely fashion. For example, a friend of the folks, who had a history of heart problems, was experiencing chest pain and having difficulty breathing. He went to the ER and spent the next nearly 8 hours laying on a gurney waiting for treatment. When his wife called their family Doc back in MN, the Doc was concerned enough that he arranged for the patient to be flown to Rochester (Mayo) so he could be treated.
Demand for medical services in that area is so high during the winter that a family friend with nursing experience was routinely recruited to go to work at Phoenix hospitals, even though she was 70 years old.
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