Napalm wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

WilliamC wrote:I need to buy new socks. I must walk hard.

I bought socks from woot. I really like them.

what kind are they

I've been hoarding novelty socks from the Phillies and Sixers that I will never wear

Grotewold wrote:

Napalm wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

WilliamC wrote:I need to buy new socks. I must walk hard.

I bought socks from woot. I really like them.

what kind are they

I've been hoarding novelty socks from the Phillies and Sixers that I will never wear

Yeah, but you can probably put together a few of those Sixer socks and trade them for one outstanding, championship quality pair.

If you go to urgent care clinic, does the specialist copay your insurance charge cover any basic test they do there (for example x-ray) or is that billed separate?

The only time I ever went to an urgent care all they did was use a stethoscope. I think I might be developing something and I'm on the fence of waiting a week to see if it gets better/see my PCP or just going and getting ahead of what might be nothing.

as long as you don't mind not wearing them for 5 or 6 years

Bucky wrote:thanks PMD. You too, Drebbin.

Good points, all. We def need to find a place that is best for mom. My biggest worry right now is what happens if her funds run out. Looks like for most places with memory care (she's not diagnosed yet, but certainly dementia or alzheimers) are around $7K a month. (and right now, there's no way she's leaving the house without her little dog). If we (she) just sign over everything, are there places that will commit to care indefinitely? Or will we possibly be faced with figuring out how to raise the monthly fee and/or possibly relocating her to a less costly (read:worse) place??

https://www.google.com/search?site=imgh ... oTJpA5SF9w

My dad is at Arbor Square. It's not assisted living but my sister works there three times a week and she and my brother in law see him often and take care of some of his needs. I've been over there several times during my stay here. They also have aides come in and take care of him as well. It's expensive.

If assisted living is necessary, the Birches are in the same complex. At this point it isn't necessary to go that far.

It's in Harleysville. Worth checking out for you it sounds like. They are very good explaining the ins and outs of the place.

Several of the residents have small dogs.

Hope that helps.

Napalm wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

WilliamC wrote:I need to buy new socks. I must walk hard.

I bought socks from woot. I really like them.

what kind are they

Nicole miller. I got 4 three packs. The only problem was 3 of the 4 were the same. On the plus side as socks inevitably disappear I'll still be able to make a pair.

Also I haven gotten any snail mail the last two days. First time I ever remember that happening.

swishnicholson wrote:

Grotewold wrote:

Napalm wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

WilliamC wrote:I need to buy new socks. I must walk hard.

I bought socks from woot. I really like them.

what kind are they

I've been hoarding novelty socks from the Phillies and Sixers that I will never wear

Yeah, but you can probably put together a few of those Sixer socks and trade them for one outstanding, championship quality pair.

Perfect for kicking a can down the road

slugsrbad wrote:If you go to urgent care clinic, does the specialist copay your insurance charge cover any basic test they do there (for example x-ray) or is that billed separate?

The only time I ever went to an urgent care all they did was use a stethoscope. I think I might be developing something and I'm on the fence of waiting a week to see if it gets better/see my PCP or just going and getting ahead of what might be nothing.

everything's more complicated these days. 2 flavors of walk-in clinics:

a) retail clinics, which post prices for all servicres and take cash and most forms of health insurance (think MinuteClinic)

b) urgent care clinics, staffed by MDs, which can do heavier duty stuff and which may-or may not - post their charges for all of their services (Concentra, MedExpress)

tl;dr typically the compenents of care will be billed separately and may or may not be covered separately by your insurance. see that phone # in 6-point type on the front or back of your ID card? call it & confirm.

While either of these 2 will be cheaper by quite a lot than an ER visit, if the plan covers all the pieces, why not have the plan pay

pacino wrote:every Redners?!

Just went. It was the bank inside redners....

Must coincide with other local bank food, appreciation day prolly.

If you show up to a local bank today and demand food there may be a 50% chance you get fed. Not positive.

If not you'll prolly get a lollipop!!

Thanks Smoothest One

Bucky wrote:Good points, all. We def need to find a place that is best for mom. My biggest worry right now is what happens if her funds run out. Looks like for most places with memory care (she's not diagnosed yet, but certainly dementia or alzheimers) are around $7K a month. (and right now, there's no way she's leaving the house without her little dog). If we (she) just sign over everything, are there places that will commit to care indefinitely? Or will we possibly be faced with figuring out how to raise the monthly fee and/or possibly relocating her to a less costly (read:worse) place??

Assisted living is expensive - national average around $3,500/month (just 4 facility & staff, & before "extras" like cable, hairdresser, etc), higher on the coasts. Also, not all such places accept Medicaid reimbursement.

Nursing homes are a flight up, service and cost wise.

The entire thing is a festering scandal in the making. Happily, few posting here will probably endure much facility based old age care; we'll "age in place", surrounded/harassed by "helpful" webcam monitoring and as-needed robot assistance for standing up, rolling over, showering/asswiping, etc.

Sure it sounds horrible, but far superior to current caretaking modes.

drsmooth wrote:

Bucky wrote:Good points, all. We def need to find a place that is best for mom. My biggest worry right now is what happens if her funds run out. Looks like for most places with memory care (she's not diagnosed yet, but certainly dementia or alzheimers) are around $7K a month. (and right now, there's no way she's leaving the house without her little dog). If we (she) just sign over everything, are there places that will commit to care indefinitely? Or will we possibly be faced with figuring out how to raise the monthly fee and/or possibly relocating her to a less costly (read:worse) place??

Assisted living is expensive - national average around $3,500/month (just 4 facility & staff, & before "extras" like cable, hairdresser, etc), higher on the coasts. Also, not all such places accept Medicaid reimbursement.

Nursing homes are a flight up, service and cost wise.

The entire thing is a festering scandal in the making. Happily, few posting here will probably endure much facility based old age care; we'll "age in place", surrounded/harassed by "helpful" webcam monitoring and as-needed robot assistance for standing up, rolling over, showering/asswiping, etc.

Sure it sounds horrible, but far superior to current caretaking modes.

Nonsense. We'll gene therapy ourselves to perpetual youthful exuberance until we choose to self-terminate out of boredom.

Wondering what sort of algorithm led Netflix to believe The Do-Over is a movie I might like.

Does anyone else use your account

The Dude wrote:Does anyone else use your account

"Kids" (college or older) do sometimes, but they're pretty far afield as well. Actually I can't blame Netflix since I almost never use it. Think I've gotten to two Jemaine Clements movies in the last year. Those were funny. This one's supposed to be funny too!

so it's like amazon!

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