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Alternative Nursing Home Care
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Alternative Nursing Home Care From a friends email Subject: No Nursing Home For Us. About 2 years ago my wife and I were on a cruise through the western Mediterranean aboard a Princess liner. At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting comfortably along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room. She seemed to always have a smile on her face, and be enjoying herself greatly... I also noticed that all the staff, ships officers, waiters, busboys, etc., all seemed very familiar with this lady, were fulfilling her every need, and greeted her by name. 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...and I have been on other cruise-ships all year...I couldn't afford NOT to!" Puzzled by this comment, I stated, "I don't understand". She replied, without a pause, "Cruising all year...It's cheaper than a nursing home!". So, there will be no nursing home in my future. When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Princess 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. Princess has as many as three swimming pools, a workout room, free washers and dryers, and shows and games 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 fun 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 the Princess ship, the Doctor makes Room-calls, and they will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life, if you promise not to sue! 10. Now hold on for the best! Do you want to see South America , the Panama Canal, Tahiti , Australia , New Zealand , Asia , or name where you want to go? Princess will have a ship ready to go. So don't look for me in a nursing home, just call shore to ship. PS: And don't forget, when you die, they just dump you over the side at no charge, who could ask for more!!!  |
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Now thats one smart Lady...I love this idea ..*hugs*
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