Posted On: June 23, 2008, 4:38 pm CDT

Posted By: Calif Ex Pat

You guys yell at each other all you want - I've handled 100's of nursing home cases and arbitration is the best way I've found to keep the cost (to the assets of each resident for the needed care) at a reasonable level. Drop the Arb clause and the daily rate will increase about 25% or more across the board. The issue most critical to care is staffing - add more staff and daily care costs more. Keep staff to necessary levels and care is delivered at competitive cost. If the person needing care has sufficient assets to afford the resources of Samarkand in Santa Barbara, hooray - for most it is simply not feasible....and most nursing home residents are medicare all the way