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[quote=Anonymous]“Assisted living” doesn’t really have a single, uniform definition. It is more like “we have a number of services we can bundle and sell you, and we call it assisted living,” and what’s in any given bundle depends on the vendor.

One glaring issue with probably the vast majority of “assisted living” facilities is that their contracts allow the facility at any time and essentially for any reason to decide they “can no longer meet the resident’s needs” and kick them to the curb.

Assisted living is extremely expensive, the quality of the “assistance” varies from place to place and time to time, and the residents are pretty much at the mercy of the management and staff. A “good” place can go South very quickly.

No matter what a facility does to make itself look like “home” or “an apartment” or something else, it remains a facility. “Socializing with peers” can rapidly become being surrounded by sick old people who have nothing in common besides being sick or old.

Facilities market themselves aggressively. They design the places so they look “fancy.”  My favorite element is the grand staircase in the foyer, as if any of the residents will be using it. Another is “restaurant style” dining where the food comes from a steam table.

If you really wonder why people resist become wards in an assisted living facility, spend some time around one. You’ll quickly see past the marketing hype to the reality. Not every place is bad, but the marketing isn’t the reality. [/quote]

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