[siilats]

How would you get 24h home care in Europe? Impossible

[iamflimflam1]

End of life care on the NHS is pretty comprehensive - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end-of-life-care/ and https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-care-and-support-guide/...

My father passed away last year and towards the end he had carers at the house 24x7.

[manuelabeledo]

Elder care? It exists, and it's nowhere as expensive.

[lm28469]

My grandma's non medicalised public retirement house costs $2k+ per month, she's not even sick.

A 24/7 _at home_ and _medical_ care will cost a fortune anywhere in the world and is never covered unless you have a very expensive private insurance to begin with

[manuelabeledo]

I'm not saying it would be cheap, I said it would not be this expensive.

Also, there are different healthcare systems around the world. I don't know why you would be so sure about the impossibility of at-home nursing.

[lm28469]

> I don't know why you would be so sure about the impossibility of at-home nursing.

Hospitals and health systems are at capacity pretty much everywhere, they can barely keep up with people in them, they won't dispatch nurses and docs around.

And my example was in France, far from being hell on earth when it comes to health

[em500]

24/7 care is 168hr/week, so the costs will be about 4 FTE in local salary. It's only less expensive elsewhere because wages are lower elsewhere.

[martin_a]

There is intensive care in Germany but it's mostly done in clinics. Although it seems that sometimes it seems like that can be done at home, too.