Well, I lived in a home for most of a year. I can report that it is way cheaper living in your own home. Also, the more dependent you are, the more it's going to cost you. Money is a factor in rest homes. Nobody is putting 40 hours a week, because they can't get enough of old people. That said, most workers are kind and compassionate, but also understand the staff is made up of 'walk ins' with little training for the minimum wage jobs. Staffing is a problem in r. homes. While there are more ways to socialize in r.homes, you also run into more problems- like the grumpy guy in 205, or the butinsky in193. Being in group activities may be fun at first, but they can also be limiting , due to the multiple skill levels. Like Mrs. Jones taking forever to let go of the ball. What I found I didn't like was seeing residents leaving for the last time. Because of the nature of a r.home, death is always coming around.
Living in the r. home wasn't bad nor was it all that great either. For me, now, I'm in a wheel chair and isolated, but that's OK. All the time I was in the home, I wanted to go back to my own home. That was always an option for me. I'm not sure how I would have made out, if I didn't have that option.
