Living In Assisted Living

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  1. Herb Durant

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    Does the government pickup any of the cost ?
     
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  2. Lon Tanner

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    No When you see a Assisted Living Cost of a low $ 3,000 to $ 4,000 per month it probably does not include CARE FEES and is misleading.
     
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  3. Herb Durant

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    Golden years my A%$.
     
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  4. Lon Tanner

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    If you go online to search jobs you will see that there are hundreds of jobs immediately available all over the U.S. Where I live is presently looking for 25 people. Benefits along with hourly wage.
     
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  5. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Not a Monday thru Friday, 7AM to 3:30PM job though, right? I loved those days/hours and having every weekend off to party/have fun.
     
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    There are businesses here who are looking for people to work. As long as they can draw unemployment and stimulus money, they refuse to work. Can't blame them, can you?
     
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  7. Yvonne Smith

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    The latest thing now is that Biden says if you even think you might get covid from your job, you can quit and still be eligible for unemployment.
    There is a good chance that this also makes you eligible for EBT and medicaid, so they probably would do better than they did while working, and can still find some kind of a part time thing that pays under the table.
     
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  8. Lon Tanner

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    Wrong Cody Monday thru Friday with flexible hours & days. Frankly I was thinking about you and how well you would fit in a place like where I live. We have two gentlemen in their 60's that do a super job as Meal Servers (not waiters)
     
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    We Baby Boomers are providing lots and lots of jobs in the medical and eldercare industries. This is happening globally.
     
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  10. Peter Renfro

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    Lon, you are in California. Cost of living is much higher there than in other areas,
    In my area of NY, unskilled jobs at a Senior Living Facility would be minimum wage or close to it.
     
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  11. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Ok, Lon. First, "flexible hours and days" generally doesn't go with a Monday thru Friday job. Flexible hours are just that............flexable. Meaning, day shift, swing shift or even graveyard shift. Sometimes 8 hours a day, sometimes less, sometimes more.

    And, Lon, the last thing on earth I'd ever want to be is a Meal Server, let alone work at an Assisted Living place. My career was in inventory management and purchasing.
     
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  12. Lon Tanner

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    I got the impression that you and your wife were in need of $$ and that's why she was looking for work.
     
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  13. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Don't need money that bad. She is working a temp job now (3-months until April) from home. Neither of us want me to work.
     
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  14. Lon Tanner

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    OK Nuff said
     
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  15. Lon Tanner

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    It's Called a Skin Check. Last year I had four separate skin cancers radiated on 20 separate appointments. I hope I have none this year and have so many appointments.
    Today will be my first day out of the Assisted Living for the past several weeks. I will be sure to wear my mask.
     
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