I hope that if I ever have to enter any nursing home ,a friend will shoot me as I enter. I might even shoot myself the day before.
And if this is the way the elderly is going to be treated, I don't want to go there either.
My husband and I are 35. In about 7 years we're beginning construction on our "dream" house. All the doors will be 3' wide and we're making the shower with just a small curb and large enough to roll a wheelchair into. The kitchen will have two sinks, one regular and one lowered with a space under it to roll a chair under. We're even dropping the stove top into a counter that can be lowered at will with the same space under it that the second sink has and putting in a built-in oven that opens from the side with a pull-out shelf built in under it. There'll be no stairs and there will be a ramp at one end. The guest bath will be the only room without access, but it will still be large enough to comfortably roll into for cleaning. The whole thing will be stylish enough that it doesn't scream "handicap access".
This is the home we plan on spending the rest of our lives in. If we never need these things, great. The grandkids will love having a sink built just for them. But if if we do, we'll be grateful that we took a little time and took care of these things while we did.
If more people thought like this, there'd be a lot less business for the stupid nursing homes.
The only way we're going to a home is stone-cold dead.