if you are an OAP wouldnt it be cheaper to book yourself permanently into a hotel that pay out for a care home

Question

you would get your meals, sheets changed everything you need, and the government would t take your money away, and people would not be as likely to lose their houses, i just think it might be cheaper for some people

obviously if they needed special care then they would need a nursing home

thanks for your answers


xxx vici

Answer 1

In the UK, before it was common for people to own their own homes, a lot of retired people did in fact do that. One of my relations lived in hotels his whole life. In the long run it was cheaper than renting a flat because he never had to buy any furniture, curtains, kitchen equipment, towels, a tv or radio, etc etc or pay out for plumbers or pay electric bills etc. Just think of how much you spend on keeping a roof over your head. He never did any of that. He lived in a hotel where all his washing and cooking was done for him and he never had to buy anything except the clothes he stood up in. He never even had to buy soap or stationery because it was all provided in his hotel room. He never earned much but he never spent anything either. He died a millionaire.

Answer 2

That really depends on whether you like to stay at 5-star hotels & resorts or just a cheap room. If you want to stay at 5-stars and resorts, yeah you should be booking the hotels in advance. Some hotels, will give deep discounts if you book & pay about a month in advance. I did that on a couple of trips to Thailand and saved hundreds of dollars off the regular room rate! IF you stroll in off the street in most cases you will be paying the full, regular room rate. Some of the smaller, cheaper hotels it might not matter. I'll give you an example - when I stayed at the Novotel on Siam Square in Bangkok (5-star) I booked and paid for the room one month in advance. I paid $100 a night, which included breakfast for (2). The regular room rate was $200 a night. If you would have strolled in off the street when I was staying there, you wouldn't have gotten a room as they were completely booked. Nice hotel, by the way. Now there are times when I just get in the car and drive and we stay wherever....but I'm with a Thai GF so I don't have to worry about bargaining for the room rate. Sometimes at the really small hotels we can walk in and get a cheap room, but if it is a nicer hotel, then again you are paying the regular full price.

Answer 3

I work in a care home and though I admit that it would be cheaper for the O.A.P's to stay in a hotel unfortunately I don't think a hotel would supply staff willing to wipe the persons backside or to actually feed them and help them get washed and dressed. Don't forget that many, many old people are in care because they can't look after themselves. They need to be living somewhere safe and regularly checked to make sure standards are being kept up. We are talking about vulnerable people, not holiday makers.

Answer 4

Howard Hughes lived in his airplane. Who on God's green earth would want to live in hotel? And it isn't cheaper, it's far more expensive. A hotel is like living in a studio apartment and your neighbors are changing every day so you never know who lives around you, who you dare to trust or be friends with for the few short days they stay. If you can't live in your house it doesn't really matter if the government takes it away does it? Holy crap! What on earth is wrong with you?

Answer 5

Yes, in many ways it would and you would probably get much better service! Plus you could actually move around from place to place, or country to country. In Portugal, for example, you could get an apartment for a month for £400 in the low season - which would not keep you a week in a care home! Good point and well said.

Answer 6

Yes I read about that. Many of the old Boading houses in Brighton had a similar arrangment with a permanent guest.
I can see the point but I do not I hope it is not for me

Answer 7

It would be fine as long as you were in good health, but I think problems might arise when the health problems associated with old age started to appear, perhaps the couple recently in the news are lucky, I don't know.

Answer 8

In certain circumstances it would possibly be cheaper, but there would not be any care given as understood in a care home situation, in other words only if you are capable of looking after yourself and are not ill.

Answer 9

It wouldn't do for everyone, I would hate it. I don't like hotels at the best of times, I can never fully relax like I can at home.

Answer 10

Saw the spread in various newspapers today-the couple obviously like travel lodge.And their room-No1-is being renamed as a fitting gesture to them!!.