President Trump If You Ran As One Of Your Platforms Being The Voice For The Elderly & How Senior Living Facilities Are Well Overcharging Them Monthly With Exhorbitant Fees You Would Win The Hearts & Votes Of Those In Their 40's, 50's, 60's & Beyond. Those Seniors Are The Generation That Were Not Slackers But Hard Workers Saving For Their Golden Age Years Only To Be Eaten Up By Crazy Monthly Fees Just To Live & Have A Place To Call Home. Surely This Has To Fit In Some Category Of Discrimination & They Are Getting Away With This.

President Trump, this may be a golden opportunity to run on this platform, being the voice for the elderly, infirmed and feeble in their end-of-life stage in their lives. Why are retirement places to live, independent living & assisted living facilities allowed to charge such exorbitant monthly fees? Really, for a studio sized apartment charging 2800.00 a month as rent. I could not afford that monthly rent for an apartment let alone a smaller in size apartment and I am working. There is something deeply wrong in this picture. The generation that was hard workers, had great work ethic and didn't slack off are the very ones being ripped off in their older years. The golden years so to speak where they should be able to enjoy those retirement years. I have shared with all of you the artwork my mother created where she resides, when not in the hospital or some rehab facility after her stroke. That art class is at a pretty high premium she pays monthly just to be able to live there in the independent living side of the property. When one needs to transfer to the assisted living part of the property the monthly costs increase a great deal. How do these seniors afford to live in these places? I think there should be a serious overhaul of these living facilities and hold them accountable for deep charges being passed onto seniors.

My mother would continually say to me that she looked at her place of residence as a nursing home even though it was not classified as one. She would sit outside in the rocking chairs during the day, and she would converse with other residents and see the ambulances or transport vehicles pull up to either take residents or drop back off residents from hospital stays, rehab or even going to a doctor appointment, those type of things. If you are residing in a place where you see on a daily basis infirmed or ailing seniors could you possibly take on the mindset of the like? I do not know that answer, I honestly don't. We think it is all fine and well when we drop them off there to live or after leaving from a visit with them. They see the reality of growing old all around them. Sure, there is art class, crafts, bingo, exercise and even a weekly church service gathering, concerts and music programs, but most of the time they go at the end of the day back to their apartment. They worked so hard all those years to now in their senior years have their savings dwindle away in a matter of time. I am not talking their finances dwindle down because of foolish spending or an extravagant lifestyle filled with travel, high end dinners or extravagant spending. It dwindles away because of the crazy monthly fees they are charged, and they can get away with doing it just for them to have a place they can call home. Sad, so very sad and it is time that there is an overhaul being done and someone defends the elderly.

I may be facing this in the future when going to visit my mother and wanting to stay in her apartment. I have been told to brace myself in the event that the property manager doesn't allow it. Isn't that crazy to even have to think about that possibility. My mother has a lease like I do and if I wanted guests to stay in my apartment when I wasn't there, I would be allowed to do that. I give the permission and a key for them to stay in my apartment. My mother has not been in her apartment for a few weeks now, but she is still being charged her rent for services she obviously is not using. You know, the dining room, crafts, exercise and weekly cleaning of her apartment. I checked with my sibling and the only thing they give them a credit for if they are not there because of being in the hospital or rehab is they get a food credit. Why in the heck are they continuing to do weekly cleaning of her apartment when she is not even there? Bonkers to me, it really is mind boggling.

Please President Trump be the voice crying out in the wilderness defending this great group of people. I will keep you posted when I speak to one of the managers about us staying in my mother's empty, paid for apartment. My mother gave to me an apartment door key months ago and her blessing for us to stay in her apartment. I am not asking to participate in meals, crafts, painting class, happy hour or anything like that. Just to stay there at night while assisting in her care while she is in therapy. Quite honestly, if she does not get to the point of where she should be standard wise requirements to move to the assisted living portion of the property where will she live/go? Oh my gosh, if you only knew the higher cost monthly, she would have to pay to live on that side of the property I think it would be 5,000.00 a month rent. Apparently assisted living gives you a 24/7 nurse to assist you. Forget about the fact that if you take your loved one to come and live with you a 24/7 person is around 20.00 an hour and figure out what that would be for 24 hours in a single day.

Something is majorly broken in the system to allow places to charge such exorbitant fees for seniors to live. These again I will reiterate are the generation that built up dreams and fulfilled their very dreams of working hard to save for retirement only to see their saving dwindle away to practically nothing in their golden years. So sad, so very sad. Oh, one other thing, the insurance companies have way too much say so in what they choose to cover or not. Can you overhaul this also. People that faithfully pay their insurance premiums and then have to actually use their insurance should not have to be such a challenge paperwork wise when you actually have to use that very insurance you have faithfully paid for, for years. I am most grateful that my mother did have the wellness check where she resides because if that was not in place who knows how long she would have been in her stroke condition before someone found her. I get it but I still think 2800.00 is a bit much to pay for living there. Oh, my mother is not even living in one of the renovated apartments or full 1 bedroom or 2-bedroom apartments with a full kitchen from what I understand, those residents are paying a higher premium of 4,000.00 or more a month for that. Let me tell you that something needs to be done when it comes to ripping off the older generation, it truly does. That is my plea and prayer this very day for someone to look out for this sweet generation of people.

I do want to share that in my mother's situation insurance has been stepping up to the plate on her behalf. I am grateful for that.