Hang in there bpathome. Temporary, your situation today is temporary.

Yeah, just not looking forward to the end of temporary. Or the aftermath.

If I ever need rehab, I'd love for it to be on a cruise ship!

https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/10/03/is-cruise-ship-living-a-cheaper-option-for-seniors.aspx

http://www.snopes.com/travel/trap/retire.asp

I've read that many times, and I guess e big drawback to my plan is that people begin and end their rehab at different times and in different ways. For example, my dad arrived on a gurney. He's been there 2 months already. Other people arrive in a wheelchair and stay for a week or two.

So I guess if I chose the "Norwegian Fjords" rehab cruise, I'd have to get on a plane. Sigh.

The retirement thing could be okay if others were doing it, too. Like a "Semester at Sea".

I could go for that, crl_! Really, there's dining halls, medical center, entertainment, sports, and courses. What's not to love? Think I could get a scholarship?

My mother and her boyfriend, 87 and 86 years old, are currently on two month long back to back cruises on the same ship. My mother subscribes to some travel/cruise deal newsletters, and I think that they are paying about $100/day each for the cruises, which is less expensive than many independent living facilities. This is their second time cruising for two months. They have been to every continent except Antarctica. This is their second trip this year. In June they went on an a tour to Africa.

My niece is a Registered Dietitian in a dialysis clinic and she says there are cruise ships with dialysis stations, so why not rehab?

http://www.dialysisatsea.com/

Do they still have ElderHostels? Maybe I could do that back-to-back, with cruises on between?

They do, with a new name. roadscholars!

I've checked out Road Scholar, and their programs are pretty expensive.

I figure every cruise I go on is rehab for something. :)

I have a friend who says he’s going to move into a Hampton Inn. $89 a night with free breakfast, and they clean the room for you!

Donna

I've checked out Road Scholar, and their programs are pretty expensive.

They have been for many years. Back in 2006 I went to Beijing on a very cheap package tour since it was less for airfare+hotel than just the flight would have been, and there was an elder hostel group in the same hotel. They were highly annoyed that a scruffy bunch like us got to stay in such a place for what we had paid.

I must say they had an excellent itinerary, though, with very good lectures about everything. But IIRC they had paid something like four times as much as we had.

Msmeow, earlier this year, I stayed in a Homewood Suites near my old hometown. I ran into a former neighbor, now in her late 80's, I'd guess, who lived in the hotel. The rooms have kitchenettes, and they'll do a little shopping for you. They have breakfast and snacks in the afternoon.

A few students at my college lived in a hotel...they were the wealthy and/or royalty from oil-producing countries.

Road Scholar charges almost $5000 (including single supplement) for their 14 day Camino de Santiago program - airfare not included!

https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/3601/the-greatest-road-in-europe-camino-de-santiago/dates/