Woman Lives On Cruise Ship Instead Of Nursing Home

Mama Lee as shes known aboard the 11-year-old ship has been living on the 1070-passenger vessel longer than most of its.

Woman lives on cruise ship instead of nursing home. So there will be no nursing home in my future. Then theres the story of 86-year-old Bea Muller of Florida. Her husband had passed away while the couple was on a world cruise.

Mama Lee as Wachtstetter is affectionally called by the crew has been cruising since her husband died in 1997 but not before telling her Dont stop cruising. After selling her house car and nearly all her worldly possessions Lee became a permanent resident of the luxury cruise ship the Crystal Serenity. I stated I dont understand and she replied without a pause Its cheaper than a nursing home.

There was Lee Wachtstetter who wrote a memoir about living on cruise ships for 12 years after her husband died. As more and more people consider retirement living options some are looking for creative options outside of institutional living. When I get old and feeble I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship.

The average cost for a nursing home is 200 per day. And in Washington DC the average rent for independent living in 2015 was 3462. The average cost for a nursing home is 300 per day.

Senior living at sea appears to be moving closer to reality. The average cost for a nursing home is 200 per day. She replied Yes thats true.

Gratuities which will only be 10 per day. She calls the 1070-passenger cruise ship Crystal Serenity her home. Furthermore some seniors are already choosing to live primarily on cruise ships.