As many baby boomers approach retirement and are starting to research long-term care solutions, new research indicates cruises may be a viable alternative to assisted living facilities. Lee Lindquist, an instructor in geriatric medicine at Northwestern University, says she was inspired to study the matter after recently taking a cruise with her parents… LINDQUIST: There was a lot of the same patients that I see in clinics that were just kind of going around on the cruise ship and really enjoying themselves. And as I got to talk to a lot of them, a lot of the people that were on those cruise ships had taken 20 maybe 30 cruises over a year span. And if you think about it, that’s almost being on a cruise ship every other week of the year. And so putting two and two together, it kind of adds up, why not just live on a cruise ship? Lindquist’s research found only a small difference in cost between cruise living and assisted care living… LINDQUIST: On a month-by-month charge, assisted living facilities on average are charging anywhere from $2,300 a month which is the national average What we figured out by doing our analysis, was
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