Would make an excellent senior community.
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Someone should start a company which caters specifically to this market.
"the average annual cost at an assisted-living center is about $22,000 per person, according to federal and private data. In large cities such as Chicago, those costs can exceed $48,000 a year."
I know several assisted living facilities in small town Ohio which cost around 4000/month--48K per year. The only thing a cruise ship could not provide, that they have now, is proximity to family.
And that means more to AL residents, at least those (many) who have family nearby, than warm weather or sunny climes.
They will only go for it if they don't have to pay a dime.
"Gil and Teresa Betthauser spent more than a decade of their retirement touring the nation in a motor home, and now in their 70s, they can't imagine the idea of ending their travels to move into an assisted-living facility."
Currently living in Tucson. Ten to one they don't have any family within 1000 miles.
Not a bad idea. Karen and I once took a "cruise to no-where." Did a lot of reading, drinking marqueritas, and trap-shooting.
And then what.....sink the ship?
Why can't someone work out a deal with a hotel for say $50/night for room and board for a year plus reasonable access to the hotel doctor?
This way if you don't want to get seasick and don't mind walking the same stretch of beach you could have a nicer place to live than an assisted living facility?
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Would Medicare/Medicaid be paying for this?
A few years ago, several articles were published in newspapers and magazines about a retired woman who lives on the QE2. She had one of the smaller cabins, always had fun, and loved her life on the ship with all that great service and things to do, not to mention trips ashore in interesting places. She'd stay on land to visit her children now and then, then back she'd go to sea. I think it cost her less than $50k per year. I love the idea!
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Don't tell this to the nursing home industry.
I like the idea and when the passengers die, simply dump their remains overboard with a wreath of green and it's all over. Think of it as a permanent floating buffet and a steady diet of buffets are sure to reduce the number of passengers fast. Send the Boomers first as a test.
No.
If the entire leadership of the AARP would get on a permanent cruise to nowhere, I'd contribute money for the fare.
When my wife took an Alaska cruise some 15 years ago she ran into a woman whose kids had done just that for her. She spent all her time cruising, eating fine meals and being entertained onboard the ship. It can't be any more expensive than a "home." Sounds like a plan to me as long as the crew can handle the old folks without problems.