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Re: culdesac post# 38463

Tuesday, 08/21/2012 2:29:01 PM

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:29:01 PM

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nursing homes are two edged sword-

on one hand they are very expensive.

"slums" are $3.5-4K per month

national average is $4.5K per month

the economics are so bad that 50% of all nursing homes in FL are in bankruptcy-

now for the sharper edge of the sword-

there is a huge emotional trauma to the beloved parents that sends them into depression and they die in 1-2 years!

whereas, staying in their own home of 20-30+ years, they may live another 5-10 years!

so what does the family, adult children, want?

to keep their beloved parent as safe and comfortable such that their twilight years can be as good as they can be-

nursing homes "tend" to be dumping grounds for family members that are abandoned by their children-

hence the extraordinary means of keeping grandma at home as long as possible.

I do not see the carebot eliminating nursing homes, but putting off that incarceration as long as is possible-

those that have had direct eldercare responsibility understand the foregoing very, very well!

so tech is great from GOSY to put "family first"

jmo-
mech