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Retiree Decides to Spend Rest of Life at Holiday Inn, Since It’s Cheaper Than a Senior Home
Gritpost ^ | February 25, 2019 | Tom Cahill

Posted on 01/20/2020 7:34:05 AM PST by oh8eleven

64-year-old Terry Robison is a working-class retiree trying to make his money last throughout the remainder of his life. And Holiday Inn is the clear winner.

That’s according to a Facebook post from Robison in which he evaluated the per-day cost of staying in a retirement home for seniors and the daily cost of staying at a Holiday Inn. Robison found out that when applying the senior discount he qualifies for, the Holiday Inn would cost less than $60 per day. The senior home, on the other hand, cost around $188 per day, making it more than three times more expensive than the hotel chain.

“That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5-worth of tips a day and you’ll have the entire staff scrambling to help you,” Robison wrote in a Facebook post. “They treat you like a customer, not a patient.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: assistedliving; holidayinn; retirement; seniorliving
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To: Meatspace

I read this article last week on Facebook and found it very interesting. I would think, however, that it would get lonely. The folks I know in senior living care seem to have a robust social life which I think is important to quality living.


61 posted on 01/20/2020 8:27:19 AM PST by BelleAl (Proud to be a member of the party of NO! NO more deficit spending and government control!)
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To: oh8eleven

I remember some guy I knew in the ‘70s who stayed in cheap hotels because the maid cleaned up for him.


62 posted on 01/20/2020 8:31:55 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Boogieman

Right, all you have to pay for is your own soap on a rope...


63 posted on 01/20/2020 8:32:34 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Trump didnÂ’t want an AG, he wanted a consigliere.)
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To: NFHale

Really? Are you in one already?

What do you do? Play shuffleboard?


64 posted on 01/20/2020 8:33:50 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: NFHale

Really? Are you in one already?

What do you do? Play shuffleboard?


65 posted on 01/20/2020 8:33:50 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: oh8eleven

So, if a hotel chain can do that and make money, why not just do the same as a retiree-only place, for the same pricing?

Maybe many hotels doing this now? I think many in snowbird wintering areas by the water are.

Maybe re-purpose older hotels for this, as Co-ops.


66 posted on 01/20/2020 8:34:53 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: 9YearLurker

Nope... still got a few years to go.


67 posted on 01/20/2020 8:35:16 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Blueflag

Sounds exhausting to me.


68 posted on 01/20/2020 8:37:08 AM PST by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: NFHale

From that perspective, almost anything probably looks better than the 5 am call!


69 posted on 01/20/2020 8:37:56 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

True that...


70 posted on 01/20/2020 8:39:19 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: mplsconservative

Yup. If you have a home, savings account, stocks, bonds, that sort of stuff, you have to cough it all up to them also. You get to keep enough to buy a candy bar every day.


71 posted on 01/20/2020 8:39:42 AM PST by RetiredArmy (The Bible tells us the happenings of the Last Days. Those days are HERE! Deny it at your own peril)
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To: mplsconservative

“I hope the guy stays healthy or his plan is not going to work.”

It’s not about assisted living, but retirement living — no property maintenance, no lawn care, minimalism. In this case, no housecleaning and free breakfast, too. Just lunch, dinner and laundry.


72 posted on 01/20/2020 8:39:46 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I’m with you on that! I’m 68 and things are going great! Outdoors, snowshoeing, hiking, friends, gym, yard work, home repair and improvement. I pity anybody age 64 thinking like he is.


73 posted on 01/20/2020 8:40:13 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: oh8eleven

It’s a good deal now, but when he needs a diaper change, who’s going to do it?


74 posted on 01/20/2020 8:44:22 AM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: mplsconservative

I suspect someone staying at the HI would find it easy to hire support service for less that $8000 per month.


75 posted on 01/20/2020 8:45:30 AM PST by GingisK
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To: oh8eleven

You can camp at state parks for about 6 bucks a night.


76 posted on 01/20/2020 8:47:53 AM PST by fruser1
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To: Meatspace

One I required 24 hour care I would have them throw me over the side.


77 posted on 01/20/2020 8:49:42 AM PST by GingisK
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To: oh8eleven

I’ve often joked that cruise ships make a good retirement home. On staff medical, activities person to keep you busy, janitorial. And rum drinks, so better than retirement homes.


78 posted on 01/20/2020 8:51:58 AM PST by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: Yo-Yo

“Since the Holiday Inn doesn’t provide any living assistance whatsoever,”

You get free breakfast every morning, free maid service, free maintenance, free cable TV, internet, utilities...


79 posted on 01/20/2020 9:05:55 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: Regulator

My mother was in a nursing home at $6,000 a month and she could not get a cup of coffee in the afternoon, it was a disgrace.


80 posted on 01/20/2020 9:16:01 AM PST by nomifyle
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