Looking for comments.
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Hi. If your friend is well enough to go on a cruise, he should not be going to a nursing home. If he chooses a cruise, he will be asked for a health declaration. If he is able to walk, even with a walker, and sign his own name, he will be allowed to board. Medical facilities onboard would be good but not designed for geriatric care, per se. Also, medical facilities are very expensive onboard so he needs good travel insurance. If he can get travel insurance, he should probably cruise. Long term cruising as an alternative to nursing home care is something of a myth. If the individual needs nursing home care, a cruise line will not take them.Looking for comments.
An elderly friend of mine is considering going on some back to back cruises rather than move to a nursing home. The prices he is being quoted for a nursing home is averaging €1000 per week. He can get a weeks cruising for a similar price.
The cruise includes top class food, entertainment and inclusive drinks. There are also great medical facilities on board.
He can't get this thought out of his head.
Lots of other practical drawbacks
You will have trouble obtaining medical insurance and will be expensive. I was refused just because I was taking anti depressants for SADs, the crazy thing is, if I go to the sunshine there's no problem
Does one need insurance in Spain?
... but currently there is very little back up to enable people to remain at
home should they need a lot of care
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