[gcanyon]

> the number of seniors who have nothing going on other than making hospital/pharmacy visits is ridiculous

As someone who is part way down this slope, let me tell you: it's not like you're fine, you're fine, you're fine...BOOM! you spend your life going to the doctor. Instead, it starts with "I go to the doctor every few years because I remember to," to "I have this one thing that requires me to check in annually," to "I have to double-check the pills I'm taking in the morning to make sure I'm taking all the right ones," to "It seems like I always have 1-3 doctor appointments pending," to, I'm assuming, what you're describing.

That makes it harder to pick the point where you should step onto the ice floe and wave good-bye to your family.