Downer thread.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

My GFs grandma is in a nursing home that is a smidge better than your average college dorms. In the middle of nowhere.

$10,000/month. Absolute racket.

Its a disgrace, its a silent crisis that gets no media run

Originally Posted by loochy

Is it a racket though? The amount of care required for people in that situation is staggering. If it was easy we'd all gladly perform the care ourselves at home. There's no easy answers to this situation...it's a bitch.

Yeah its a racket, most of these homes are absolutely ruthless and I've heard it time and again from retiree friends with family in homes... they want the deed to your home, everything you own, and your soul on top of it all

And they'll follow all of that up by treating grandma like shit