Did anyone else figure out this comment, or is it just author bias?
"But because cost is one of the greatest barriers to making self-contained villages the standard in dementia care, it would be extremely difficult to implement in a non-socialized healthcare system—meaning that in the U.S., a facility like Hogewey might be impossible for the forseeable future."
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From other parts of the article:
"The cost of care [at Hogeway] is nearly $8,000 per month..."
"To put it into perspective, a private room at a U.S. nursing home cost an average of $248 per day in 2012, or more than $90,500 annually" => $7541.67/month
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So, the average cost in the US is the same, but "due to the high cost" the US (with its non-socialized medicine) could never build a comparable program?
FTA: The cost of care is nearly $8,000 per month, but the Dutch government subsidizes the residents—all of whom receive private rooms—to varying degrees; the amount each family pays is based on income, but never exceeds $3,600.
I'm pretty confident that the healthcare system in the US would not be able to bring down the cost down to ~4k/family.
> But because cost is one of the greatest barriers to making self-contained villages
I think they're talking about up-front capital, not recurring/maintenance costs, but it's hard to tell since we don't know whether the $8,000 a month includes the amortized costs...
"But because cost is one of the greatest barriers to making self-contained villages the standard in dementia care, it would be extremely difficult to implement in a non-socialized healthcare system—meaning that in the U.S., a facility like Hogewey might be impossible for the forseeable future."
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From other parts of the article:
"The cost of care [at Hogeway] is nearly $8,000 per month..."
"To put it into perspective, a private room at a U.S. nursing home cost an average of $248 per day in 2012, or more than $90,500 annually" => $7541.67/month
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So, the average cost in the US is the same, but "due to the high cost" the US (with its non-socialized medicine) could never build a comparable program?