The retirement dream: Holiday Inn... ?
Terry Robison struck a viral chord with his recent Facebook FB, -0.80% post in which he resurfaces an old trope about living out his twilight years with room service, pay-per-view, happy hour and free breakfast. All for the price of $59.23.Robison cited the average cost of nursing care of $188 a day — the national average for a private room comes to $253, according to SeniorLiving.org — and says that, by staying at Holiday Inn, he’d have an extra $128.77 to spend.
He added that the hotel provides security, maintenance, a maid to check if you’re OK and call an ambulance if not. What’s not to like?Clearly, Robison’s vision of retirement continues to resonate across social media, as his post has now been shared more than 120,000 times, drawing praise from soon-to-be retirees facing an uncertain financial future.
“I like the way y’all think!” one reader wrote. “I’ve actually met an elderly lady one time that was actually living in a Hampton Inn. She was quite content.”“Although a fun idea, replacing a nursing home with ‘Holiday Inn Care’ is not going to fly in the later stages of your life,” he said. “The cleaners are there to clean your room, not to pick you off the floor when you’ve fallen and can’t get up.
“Although a nursing home might sound more depressing than staying at a Holiday Inn,” he said, “what’s more depressing is suffering alone in a Holiday Inn because they don’t have the proper equipment or trained staff to take care of you.”“While we’re not certain how Mr. Robison arrived at his current budget calculations, we look forward to welcoming him when he reaches his ‘golden age,’” the company said in a statement reported by KHOU.
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