My shadowy college roomate, who is appearantly once again on the loose, "With the average cost for a Nursing Home per day reaching $188.00, I have already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn for a combined 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 $25 worth of tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help To meet other nice people,call a Church bus on Sundays. For a change It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid And no worries about visits from family. They will always be happy to What more can you ask for?"<\/p>\n Thanks for a great idea, Brian!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we old fogies approach muddle age, our thoughts turn to how we are planning to spend our "golden years". Specifically, how to avoid getting farmed out to pasture by self-serving relatives tired of hearing our sorry stories over and … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/mummy.jpg\")
As we old
\n fogies approach muddle age, our thoughts turn to how we are planning
\n to spend our "golden years". Specifically, how to avoid
\n getting farmed out to pasture by self-serving relatives tired of hearing
\n our sorry stories over and over and having to change our ™Depends<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n writes with his own plan for avoiding the trip to Shady Pines.<\/p>\n
\n there IS a better way when we get old & feeble.<\/p>\n
\n long term stay discount and senior discount of $49.23 per night. That
\n leaves $138.77 a day for:<\/p>\n
\n if I feel lazy.<\/p>\n
\n pool, a workout room, a lounge, washer, dryer, etc. My local Holiday
\n Inn even has free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and
\n soap. They treat you like a customer, not a feeble meal ticket\/punching
\n bag.<\/p>\n
\n you. There is city Bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The Handicap
\n bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp).<\/p>\n
\n of scenery, take the Airport shuttle Bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants
\n there. While you’re at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise the cash
\n keeps building up.<\/p>\n
\n your reservation today. And – you are not stuck in one place forever
\n – you can move from Inn to Inn or even from city to city. Want to see
\n Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn there, too.<\/p>\n
\n They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n
\n checks to see if you are ok. If you are not OK, they will call the undertaker
\n or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip on their property, medicare
\n will pay for the
\n hip, and Holiday Inn’s insurance will upgrade you to a suite for the
\n rest of your life.<\/p>\n
\n see you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grandkids
\n can use the pool.<\/p>\n