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Same as door bell, except when somebody falls down and don’t get up, Alexa or the likes will dial 911.
But I’ve googled CCRCs in our area, it’s nothing but an apartment complex. You get meals with that. It’s next to a gold course. Thanks but no thanks. I can get that with door dash, the meals part.
But what’s wrong with go straight to nursing home from home. Why the in between stages? I still don’t get. My father had a stroke and they admitted him right away to a facility near me, the problem was he didn’t want to be there, so we moved him. But it’s not like a long wait. He had no money.
IF they are truly CCRC's, they are not just an apartment complex. I have a suspicion that what you are looking at on google is Assisted Living Centers. I think if you learned more about what CCRC is all about, you would see the benefit for some people. Your father had YOU to help deal with his health and living needs - those of us without kids and family potentially have a bigger risk. (and having no money limits your choices anyway.)
PS - It's a minor point, but Alexa won't dial 911. It requires additional equipment and configuration to 'jerry rig' the system.
IF they are truly CCRC's, they are not just an apartment complex. I have a suspicion that what you are looking at on google is Assisted Living Centers. I think if you learned more about what CCRC is all about, you would see the benefit for some people. Your father had YOU to help deal with his health and living needs - those of us without kids and family potentially have a bigger risk. (and having no money limits your choices anyway.)
PS - It's a minor point, but Alexa won't dial 911. It requires additional equipment and configuration to 'jerry rig' the system.
This is the link I’ve found for our county. I only glanced briefly at the top one, a $170k but in. Not too bad, not what I’ve read here.
My father didn’t get any help from me or anyone in our family, I was living 5 hours away. I couldn’t help my mother even. But he got visits from us, mostly me and my husband at the time because we were living temporarily in an apartment, we had no yard work. My oldest brother and sister were two points of contact regarding his health. And they even had less time to visit.
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My father didn’t get any help from me or anyone in our family, I was living 5 hours away. I couldn’t help my mother even. But he got visits from us, mostly me and my husband at the time because we were living temporarily in an apartment, we had no yard work. My oldest brother and sister were two points of contact regarding his health. And they even had less time to visit.
The number, quality and newness of varies by location and income level in the area.
Areas that have large numbers of affluent people and our growing (especially with retiring transplants) will have more newer and expensive ones.
I don't expect robots but I expect my house will be full of cameras with image recognition software. If I'm unresponsive or it detects something out of the ordinary, it triggers Sandeep in Bangalore to look at the video feeds. If it needs human intervention, they pull in the local service run by the home health care company a mile from my house and a CNA rolls to my door.
In addition, there will be sensors that detect, say, the cooktop burner was left on by accident, or the refrigerator door is left open, or a door to outside is left open, or the bathtub is left running, etc. etc.
I'm enjoying this thread immensely even though I realize it's knocked me out of the CCRC market completely.
Thanks to all of you that contributed.
At least I now know something else has to be considered
I don't expect robots but I expect my house will be full of cameras with image recognition software. If I'm unresponsive or it detects something out of the ordinary, it triggers Sandeep in Bangalore to look at the video feeds. If it needs human intervention, they pull in the local service run by the home health care company a mile from my house and a CNA rolls to my door.
Many places give you a monitor and some with a GPS and if anything goes wrong they send someone to check on you. They also have a daily check in system where you need to check in by a certain time or they come checking on you. Desk is manned 24/7. They have staff moving around the building being helpful.
The number, quality and newness of varies by location and income level in the area.
Areas that have large numbers of affluent people and our growing (especially with retiring transplants) will have more newer and expensive ones.
Our area is super HCOL, not NYC or SF but pretty high up there.
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