The point of my silly little post was that I thought the issue was blowing itself out because I had not seen any negative opinions in such a long time. I forgot about the 57 messages I had to jettison the other day, though. I suppose there was some among them. I think Dale's suggested topic of our concern is about as good a topic as we are going to find - and long range enough for some of us that perhaps there is something we can do about it besides just expressing our indignation. Even basic Assisted Living in this country is seriously for the rich only, at least in NJ. Until last winter my wife worked in one. It is a large national chain - building them all over the country. Sunrise Assisted Living it's called. There are 50+ of them now, I think. Good stock. The basic fee is $3,000/ month. For that they feed you, pick you up when you fall out of bed (usually) and provide some kind of daily recreation They have a separate Alzeimers unit but PWP need not apply. Lots of Mercedes and Range Rovers in the parking lot on Sundays.