Is it safe to move?

[fred]

As far as the UK goes it's better to be banged up in prison than to be cast aside by family and dumped in a care home.

Agreed.
My Father had a stroke in an NHS hostpital reception after nearly an hour wait.. The stupid nurse kept calling the next in line but everybody waiting insisted they took my Father in first..
He told them he could feel a stroke coming on when he signed in because of the feeling he had in his arm.
I checked out of an NHS hospital after a major road accident where I got very bad whiplash..Neck injury.. They had be strapped down on a board for 3 hours whilst waiting for an Xray..
After the Xray I had to wait 2 more hours because the first Xray wasnt clear enough..
The agony I was in was terrible!
They said that I would need to be admitted for at least 3 days but I insisted that they let me sign myself out so that I could go home and rest..
If I ever had to return to the UK I think I would sign up for BUPA or some such medical service/care.

[Terpe]

.....If I ever had to return to the UK I think I would sign up for BUPA or some such medical service/care.

Gets frighteningly expensive as you get older.

But, in principle I'd agree.

[stevewool]

Growing old in the Philippines with failing health is not a good position to be in

Here is not much better,

[stevewool]

I am at that age now where you hear and maybe know of people going into homes, and even go to see them too, its not very nice , maybe some think its a great place to live out there life ,
I dont want to sit in a corner waiting for someone to visit me , yes maybe i will end up that way one day but in my plans i want my carer to push me to Alona beach each day and sit and wait for me to enjoy the views and reminisce about my frolics in the sea years and years ago

[Ako Si Jamie]

For Brits at home it's wining and dining.

For Brits in the Phils it's whining and dining.

[Iani]

Does your partner/wife force you to go there? If you don't like the food, can't you buy what you want and cook it yourself or do you prefer to whine?

Forced to go? Well maybe you tell your partner to just sod off by themselves whilst you sit there, but the rest of us stick by them through good and bad.
As for "whining", well where was I doing that? Or is that just the old trick of throwing mild insults to shut up an opinion you don't like

[Michael Parnham]

If my wife wanted to return to Siquijor, I would go because I know we could live very well on my pension due to my previous two years of living in Philippines, but would be concerned on health issues and luckily I have none at the moment and as for the climate I would just have to put up with it. On the other hand wifey misses Philippines but has no desire to live there in the foreseeable future, she loves working in NHS!