Great alternative to nursing home/asissted living care...

[ScreamingMeemie]

My Aunt just sent this to me and it's hysterically true-

With the average cost for a Nursing Home per day
reaching $188.00,
there is a better way when we get old &feeble. I
have already checked
on reservations at the Holiday Inn for a combined
long term stay
discount and senior discount of $49.23 per night.

That leaves $138.77 a day for:

1. Breakfast, lunch and dinner in any restaurant I
want, or room
service.

2. Laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus,
they provide a
swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer,
dryer, etc. Most have
free toothpaste and razors, and all have free
shampoo and soap.

3. They treat you like a customer, not a patient.
$5 worth of tips a
day will have the entire staff scrambling to help
you. (this one I'm not so sure of, but it can't be any worse than nurses)
4. There is a city Bus stop out front, and seniors
ride free. The
Handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a
decent limp).

5. To meet other nice people, call a Church bus on
Sundays.

6. For a change of scenery, take the Airport
shuttle Bus and eat at one
of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the
airport, fly
somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up.

It takes months to get into decent nursing
homes. Holiday Inn will
take your reservation today. And you are not stuck
in one place forever. You can move from town to town or even
city to city.

8. Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn
there too.

9. TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a
mattress replaced? No
problem. They fix everything, and apologize for the
inconvenience.

10. The Inn has a night security person and daily
room service. The
maid checks to see if you are ok. If not, they will
call the undertaker
or an ambulance.

11. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay
for the hip, and
Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the
rest of your life. And
no worries about visits from family. They will
always be glad to find
you, and probably check in for a few days
mini-vacation.

12. The grandkids can use the pool. What more can
you ask for?

So: When I reach the Golden age I'll face it with a
grin. Just forward
all my email to: me @Holiday.Inn.

[Bronco69]

1. LOL

Sounds like a plan! I would love the fact that I would have free maid service every day. :-)

[Rowdyboy]

2. Yesterday, my partner and I joked about this exact option

in regards to his 84 year old mother! I know you're joking, and we were too, but isn't it sad...$4-5000 a month for inadequate care and mediocre meals...

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. It's awful isn't it? I don't know what I will do when/if the time comes

with my parents but the level of hypocrisy in "asissted living" blows me away. :(