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Caring for the elderlyThis forum post has messages dated from 01/05/11 through 01/06/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| Caring for the elderly Annette brought up in another message about care for the elderly. I believe that "old folks homes" or "nursing homes" are called "residencials".I see them when I walk about town, but don't have any detailed information. Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| ""Geriatrico" is"
the perhaps too frank collective description of these residences. All sorts of promotional wordings appear on their signs. One in the Prado bills itsef as a "hotel de la tercera edad." While many may call themselves "residenciales" the term actually can refer to any cross between a hotel and a"pension."Expert Page: Enjoy life a bit at Feligreta |
Comment #201/05/11 16:32Rural east Colonia departmento | "Colonia Valdense"
Being the self-styled "Garden City of Uruguay" C. Valdense (pop 4200) now has 8 old folks homes ranging from the affordable Evangelico (a traditional sort of OFH) to edge-of-town self-contained bungalows with 24/7 carers to the downright luxurious. A lot of the residents seem to come from Buenos Aires.The good availability of qualified care workers at reasonable rates is one of the things that first attracted me to Valdense as both my parents needed care during each of their last 5 years which at UK prices, very nearly bankrupted me. Even an average quality OFH in the UK costs about a thousand U$S a week and 24/7 care itro 2.5k U$S. |
| "Eastern Coast "Residences""
Thankyou so much for taking this up and all your Infos - one lives in the hope that one will one day just topple over, but only the lucky ones go that way. How reassuring that that there are some options. Does anyone know the situation farther up the east coast? |
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