Divorce your Alzheimer's spouse?

[CoolBreeze]

The chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson, which airs the 700 Club, said he wouldn't "put a guilt trip" on anyone who divorces a spouse who suffers from Alzheimer's


It's an interesting question, because if a person has full blown Alzheimer's, that means that they no longer recognize you whatsoever. It means that they have been reduced to almost a vegetable. Only their body is left behind as a remnant of the person. It's the same as being in a Coma, and people with spouses in Coma's can legally move on with their lives.

The biggest difference here is that you normally have to be pretty old to get Alzheimer's, which means that your spouse is old also.(except in the case where young women marry old men for their money of course). So if the remaining spouse is old, why would they even consider getting into another relationship?

[Scott Reppert]

Pat Robertson is a unique mixture of entrepreneurial genius, God-given talent and anointing and...as it has appeared many times over...no common sense.

I would like to work for him, though...

[Bob Campbell]

Yet another reason why, if there is a hell, Pat Robertson will burn there.

[Tom Taggart]

Missing the point. Has to do with the exorbitant cost of nursing home care & medicare/medicaid rules. If the couple stayed married the government would suck up every dime they own. A divorce at the early stages of Alzheimer may leave some assets for the surviving spouse & heirs. Action is needed early because some states/courts will not grant a divorce if one spouse is incapable of understanding the nature of the proceedings.

[lastone]

Missing the point. Has to do with the exorbitant cost of nursing home care & medicare/medicaid rules. If the couple stayed married the government would suck up every dime they own. A divorce at the early stages of Alzheimer may leave some assets for the surviving spouse & heirs. Action is needed early because some states/courts will not grant a divorce if one spouse is incapable of understanding the nature of the proceedings.

Until they pass a law against it, like they did unloading you stuff before you die.

[Tom Taggart]

There is usually a "look back" provision, varies by state. Hence the need for advance planning, several years before anticipated need for long term care.

[DJSHOCKLEY]

Missing the point. Has to do with the exorbitant cost of nursing home care & medicare/medicaid rules. If the couple stayed married the government would suck up every dime they own. A divorce at the early stages of Alzheimer may leave some assets for the surviving spouse & heirs. Action is needed early because some states/courts will not grant a divorce if one spouse is incapable of understanding the nature of the proceedings.

The bible thumping idiot Pat Robertson who has done more to bolster atheists than any other modern day Father Caughlin is missing the point too

It is not the Government that will be sucking up every dime they own..

Its Big Pharma, and the Health Care industry that takes pride in making mass profits off of human suffering who in turn buy off all the politicians they can and if ONE politician stands up against the status quo they are labeled a Socialist!!!

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[Bob Campbell]

Dude, the point is, Pat Robertson is a pathetic,hateful, waste of skin douchebag who cherry picks the Bible to make it seem as if he is some sort of man of God. His latest screed is the worst of the moral relativism that he constantly has railed against for the last 30 years.
If the God he believes in exists, he will burn for eternity.
And, just to go all Reppert on this post (no offense, I respect you, just wanted a biblical quote), Jesus said, "what God has joined together, let no man put asunder".