The Real Marigold Hotel vs. The Bates Motel: Our choice

A few years ago a friend of mine moved his mother, who was suffering from dementia, from a nursing home in New Hampshire to one in Mexico.  The facility in Mexico was like a luxury resort where each guest had a private room, and in this it compared favorably to nursing homes in the US. The most striking difference, however, was the great respect with which the guests were treated and the loving and caring atmosphere.  In addition, it was cheaper, although this was not the motivation in this case.

I thought of the Mexico alternative when I read this article in the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper:

Here is an excerpt from the article:

The Real Marigold Hotel

"One reason I loved The Real Marigold Hotel, which concluded last night on BBC Two, is because its uproarious cast of famous pensioners found a country where elders are respected, care is good and easily affordable and old age is something to be savoured instead of feared.

"That country is most definitely not the UK. Frankly, euthanasia looks like a cheerful option compared to the living death that awaits too many of our own senior citizens in extortionate “care” homes."

The author points out that ordinary nursing homes in the UK now cost more than sending a student to Eton. It sounds like the situation in the UK is much like that in the US.  We have one advantage: Mexico is much closer to us than India is to the UK.

Click here or on the picture to read the article, with is rather amusing.