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I don't know if the rates are exorbitant for 24/7 care, but I do know the workers at those facilities are not paid enough. My daughter worked as a nurse's aide in order to get clinical hours for her med school application. $14/hour was definitely NOT ENOUGH for 13-hour shifts lifting people, changing diapers and wiping butts, and sometimes putting up with verbal abuse.

I hear you. Your daughter's to be admired for her service to the elderly, and her compensation did indeed fail to recognize its value. Nevertheless, as best I can tell, the costs to the elderly are typically beyond affordable for average folk.

Upon reconsideration of my initial post I believe the reference to senior care would have been better left out. Then again, there's surely a plausible rationale for saying nothing at all.

Tom

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