@lyhargr_0 wrote:
@lyndal1838 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Most senior ppl I know are up early, because they just can't sleep longer, and like to get their business done by lunchtime, as energy levels flag by the afternoon.
Here in the Urban areas, pensioners get a great deal of government aid, such as domestic and social help in the form of carers, and community transport in the form of cabcharge and community buses to take them shopping or to appointments.
I understand it's probably different in regional areas, but I'm sure there would be some level of access to community services.
Come off it Icy......I am not in the back of nowhere.....I can see Sydney Airport and the city skyline from my front door.
From experience it is often harder to access community services in the city/suburbs than it is in country areas and it is certainly quite expensive.
My father accessed community carers....at 92 he was allowed 3 hours a week over 5 weekdays so 36 minutes a day. It was barely enough to heat his meals on wheels and supervise his middle of the day medications.
More often than not he was dozing when they arrived so they just sat there and watched him for the allotted time.
Doesn't happen that way where I live Lyndal. You get 3 free visits from the community nurse then it's $12 per visit thereafter plus they are only avail for 3 days a week, so they are really pushed for time. They are usually in and out as fast as they can be and off to the next patient. The meals on wheels person barely has time to drop the meal off they go ..... rush, rush, rush
bty if you are so close to the city, why is the public transport in your area so bad?
We are also in different states which makes it hard to compare Government services. My father only required home help, not medical help.
On one occasion when he cut his arm quite badly his GP arranged for community nurses to come in regularly to dress the wound...not sure how many visits but no charge at all.
The public transport along General Homes Drive is excellent but it is about 800 metres from my home....fine when you are young and healthy but no so good when you are older with mobility problems.
When I first moved here we had a local private bus service which was excellent....it took us to the local railway station and was the preferred method of travel to the city anyway.....much quicker than the public bus service which wandered all over the place.
We knew all the drivers and they knew our children. It was very reassuring to know our kids were in safe hands on the school bus.
