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Who has gone on World Cruise in lieu of going into Assisted Living

Your experience - cost etc

Single vs double occupancy

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I think a travel agent could give you exact examples. Our friend went on one, only would say cost was over $100,000. But not exact amount. Independent living is different.

But if you need assisted living who would take care of you.
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I have had a lot of discussions about this with friends. I used to be an Assisted Living Administrator so know the business well. I think the cruise idea has a lot of value if you are healthy, have great mobility, do not need care of any kind, can afford the extras like laundry, like to be moving on the water all the time, do not want visitors too often, do not need medication management, physical therapy, support with any of the functions of daily living, don't need care if you get sick and someone to help you to washroom, etc. The entertainment, food, alcohol, pools, fitness, new and diverse people are all great on a cruise ship. If you are in need of Assisted Living, you may need more than a cruise ship can offer day to day. It is an interesting discussion. Financially, a cruise ship can be half the price of Assisted Living. You could use the other half of the money to hire help to be on the ship with you. But stay relatively healthy or you could end up in an obscure location needing a serious procedure.
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The title of this thread is about independent living, not assisted living. These are two entirely different things. If you are talking about assisted living, I don't think a cruise ship would be an adequate substitute at all. People go into assisted living because they need daily care.
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The title of this thread refers to Independent living. The text of the first post of the thread refers to Assisted living. It makes me wonder which one the OP is asking about. The answer to each is vastly different from the other.
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Exactly, there is reference to both. Independent living is like a cruise ship on land. If you are independent, you can go anywhere, do anything you want, you have all the options.
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I have had a lot of discussions about this with friends. I used to be an Assisted Living Administrator so know the business well. I think the cruise idea has a lot of value if you are healthy, have great mobility, do not need care of any kind, can afford the extras like laundry, like to be moving on the water all the time, do not want visitors too often, do not need medication management, physical therapy, support with any of the functions of daily living, don't need care if you get sick and someone to help you to washroom, etc. The entertainment, food, alcohol, pools, fitness, new and diverse people are all great on a cruise ship. If you are in need of Assisted Living, you may need more than a cruise ship can offer day to day. It is an interesting discussion. Financially, a cruise ship can be half the price of Assisted Living. You could use the other half of the money to hire help to be on the ship with you. But stay relatively healthy or you could end up in an obscure location needing a serious procedure.
The average cost for assisted living is $3,700 per month. Are you saying that I can live on a cruise ship for $1,850 per month? Can you provide an example? Thanks. Most people I know spend more than that for a 7 day cruise.

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The title of this thread refers to Independent living. The text of the first post of the thread refers to Assisted living. It makes me wonder which one the OP is asking about. The answer to each is vastly different from the other.
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