An Alternative to Nursing Homes...

Sent to me by a friend today....Not bad...Hey !!....If only !.......

BunnyHare...

If only - mind you I'm renewing my passport just in case

NO NURSING FOR HOME FOR ME!

Ali...

Tyke...

ROFL

That is such a funny post to me in my present circumstances with my Mum.

Nicked and forwarded to my Brother.

About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western
Mediterranean aboard a large well-known cruise liner.

At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of
the grand stairway in the main dining room. I also noticed that all the
staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with
this lady.
I asked our waiter who the lady was, expecting to be told that she owned
the line, but he said he only knew that she had been on board for the last
four cruises, back-to-back.

As we left the dining room one evening I caught her eye and stopped to
say hello.
We chatted and I said, "I understand you've been on this ship for
the last four cruises".
She replied, "Yes, that's true." I stated, "I don't understand" and
she replied, without a pause, "It's cheaper than a nursing home".

Ali...

I doubt that a cruise ship will replace a *nursing* home, (it might if you
provide the nurse), but at least one old lady has indeed taken a permanent
cruise instead of going into a *residential* home.

So, there will be no nursing home in my future.
When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a cruise ship.

The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day.
I have checked on cruise reservations and I can get a long term
discount and senior discount price of $135 per day.

That leaves $65 a day for:

1. Gratuities which will only be $10 per day.

2. I will have as many as 10 meals a day if I can waddle to the
restaurant, or I can have room service (which means I can have
breakfast-in-bed every day of the week).

3. The ship has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free
washers and dryers, and shows every night.

4. They have free toothpaste and razors, and free soap and shampoo.

5. They will even treat you like a customer, not a patient. An extra $5
worth of tips will have the entire staff scrambling to help you.

6. I will get to meet new people every 7 or 14 days.

7. TV broken? Light bulb need changing? Need to have the mattress
replaced? No Problem! They will fix everything and apologize for your
inconvenience.

8. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don't even have to ask for
them.

9. If you fall in the nursing home and break a hip you are on
Medicare; if you fall and break a hip on a cruise ship they will
upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life.

Now hold on for #10, the best: Do you want to see South America, the
Panama Canal, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, or name where you want
to go?

The cruise line will have a ship ready to go and even help you see it
better if you happen to be in a wheelchair.

So don't look for me in a nursing home-----just email me in care of my
latest cruise ship......

PS: And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side --
at no charge.