Man plans to live out 'golden' age at Holiday Inn instead of retirement home (1 Viewer)

[saintmdterps]

Man plans to live out 'golden' age at Holiday Inn instead of retirement home

Robison wrote on Facebook that the average cost of nursing home care is about $188 per day. A long-term stay with a senior discount at Holiday Inn, on the other hand, is $59.23 per day.

Holiday Inn also provides a spa, swimming pool, gym, lounge and washer-dryers, but the amenities don't stop there. The location where Robison checked out reservations has a city bus stop right in front, where seniors can ride for free.

In addition, guests can "take the airport shuttle bus" to eat at one of the restaurants at the local airport for "a change of scenery," he wrote. From there, they can take a flight to another Holiday Inn as well, he mused.

"You're not stuck in one place forever -- you can move from Inn or Inn, or even from city to city," he wrote.

Not a bad idea. If he becomes in need of skilled nursing care, he can locate such care through a home health provider and Medicare will likely pay for it. In October of this year, Medicare changes will push the long-overdue notion of keeping people in their homes as long as possible, so the home health industry is likely to grow substantially.

And I can tell you a Holiday Inn smells better than just about any nursing home

 

[Bill]

 

[superchuck500]

I read a similar story a few years ago about a woman who chose to live on a cruise ship rather than a senior living center. It's obviously not as inexpensive as Holiday Inn, but I remember that part of her calculation was that it wasn't much different in cost than some of the nice senior centers around where she lived.

EDIT - here it is: https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...-year-to-live-on-luxury-cruise-ship/22030011/

 

[Sandman]

I am just going to move into some random family's house. Walk in one day, and set up shop in their guest room. I will immediately begin helping around the house, and take care of pets/children while they are at work. My hope is that they will just think I am a crazy old man, but I am cheaper than day care.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

If it's good enough for Sir Elton, it's good enough for me.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

was thinking of a similar story, but i thought it was a dude

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

And I can tell you a Holiday Inn smells better than just about any nursing home

On a serious note, nursing homes are horribly depressing places. My mother had to rehab in one after she had a stroke. This man sounds like he made a wise choice.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I am just going to move into some random family's house. Walk in one day, and set up shop in their guest room. I will immediately begin helping around the house, and take care of pets/children while they are at work. My hope is that they will just think I am a crazy old man, but I am cheaper than day care.

for some reason this reminds me of stories out of Paris a few years ago - supposedly Parisian rents were so high that people would seek out pensioners and say 'we'll pay you rent for the rest of your life and then when you pass, we get to move in"
it became news when one old lady lasted decades and outlived the people who were paying her rent

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

On a serious note, nursing homes are horribly depressing places. My mother had to rehab in one after she had a stroke. This man sounds like he made a wise choice.

we recently moved my parents into one - the first one wasn't too bad, but it became clear quickly that dad need more memory care - so we moved to another and the only difference seems to be that it's on the 2nd floor and has an elevator code they don't tell the residents
in the first one, the residents were still kinda lively
the memory care place is not hopeful

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

we recently moved my parents into one - the first one wasn't too bad, but it became clear quickly that dad need more memory care - so we moved to another and the only difference seems to be that it's on the 2nd floor and has an elevator code they don't tell the residents
in the first one, the residents were still kinda lively
the memory care place is not hopeful

Sometimes you just do not have a choice. And yeah, I noticed that some residents were still lively, but some (if they weren't bed ridden) seemed to be just staring at the TV waiting on the inevitable. Thankfully my Mom recovered enough to return home. She was able to die in her own bed.

 

[Dago]

my great uncle just passed from pneumonia. He really didn't want to be cured and I think a lot of it had to do with the retirement home he was in

 

[saintmdterps]

for some reason this reminds me of stories out of Paris a few years ago - supposedly Parisian rents were so high that people would seek out pensioners and say 'we'll pay you rent for the rest of your life and then when you pass, we get to move in"
it became news when one old lady lasted decades and outlived the people who were paying her rent

Yeah one guy did that with a 90 year-old lady when he was 60-ish. He's thinking "How long can she live? She's 90. She lived to be 120 (the oldest woman in the world at the time) and he croaked while paying her rent and he remained on the wait list

 

[mt15]

I am just going to move into some random family's house. Walk in one day, and set up shop in their guest room. I will immediately begin helping around the house, and take care of pets/children while they are at work. My hope is that they will just think I am a crazy old man, but I am cheaper than day care.

This works even better if you are vaguely related to the family.

 

[zatsnzapps]

He's gonna' be chillin' at the Holidae In with Chingy, Ludacris and Snoop.

 

[UndeadSnoopy]

He's gonna' be chillin' at the Holidae In with Chingy, Ludacris and Snoop.

Tupac's there too. But he's not going by that name now. You didn't hear it from me.