Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Apr 2
nd, 2022 at 2:18am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 1
st, 2022 at 7:04pm:
Bobby. wrote on Apr 1
st, 2022 at 5:59pm:
Does everyone remember seeing on TV -
people in aged care getting baked beans on toast for Xmas dinner?
Also - those aged care places are not cheap.
Baked beans on toast is a relatively healthy meal.
My father's room at the nursing home cost me $404,000.
the place my father was in cost 250k plus 2500 a week. Meals were pretty much baked beans on toast. This was 15 years ago - it would be more now. Mum couldnt get into a permanent one because she didnt have a house to give them.
Spot
$2,500 per week sounds an awful lot.
My Dad's was only $370 per week.
The food there was pretty good - every Friday they had fish and chips, and it was as good as any meal you'd find at a decent pub.
On Sundays they had roast beef, pork, or chicken.
They always had dessert too - cheesecake, fruit and ice cream, etc.
Currently, in WA, you can still get a full-time place in a nursing home even if you have no house and can't pay the $400,000 - they just take 85% of the pension.