Of course hotel cost was flippant.
It doesn't cost that.
Nurses £1,500 a week for a residential place, you think they have one nurse each?! My FIL spent last year in nursing home. 1 nurse on shift with 28 residents, each paying over £1,700 a week.
No doctor, the doctor was the local GP that would occasionally make calls if needed and if he had time.
1 to 1 care was minimum. FIL, despite being able to walk, and strong as an ox physically when he went in was locked in his bed 24/7 and not taken to the toilet. Instead made to soil himself in nappies because it was easier for the care staff. He was checked on once every 3hrs, so if he soiled himself 5 mins after the last check, he'd sit in his own waste for 3 hours.
Not taken for a walk. Expressed 'surprise' every time we told them he could walk, which was several times a week because partner went every day to visit him after work and longer at weekends.
No 1 to 1 care with dinner, despite FIL having delirium, left him with the wrong food daily too, he required soft food.. No help drinking either.
Lost 7 stone, half his body weight during his stay. The food was utterly dire too.
Had finger and hand bruises on his arms, legs and face.
They took him off some medication that was keeping him alive, despite us asking them not to and to explain themselves. Never got a straight answer to anything and any complaints were ignored completely. Felt so powerless.
He smelled a bit, his skin was greasy, I'd wash his face for him, clean his eyes because they didn't. Hair not washed ever, in a year, no shower or bath in a year. We paid extra to have hair cut, hairdresser didn't show up, so the staff did the hair, shaved it all off in patches (he looked like a POW), while keeping the hairdresser fees.
They lost his hearing aids. They lost his glasses. They wouldn't contact the hospital to get new hearing aids made and we managed to find an old pair of glasses for him. They refused to take him to a very very important hospital apt, saying he was too frail (they couldn't be bothered), despite us begging.
Everything and I mean everything was done to make it easier for the care home staff and to keep it as cheap as possible. We paid over £1,700 a week and this was a 'good' care home according to reports.
We'd moved to FIL's house when coming up to a year, sorting things out, getting hospital beds sorted, getting social services on board, giving up a job etc etc, but he died just days before he was due home. I so wish we'd taken him home a long time ago, he deserved better but he'd had delirium before and he came out of it and we kept waiting to bring him back to ours like we did before for a few weeks, even though our house is tiny. I truly think had he received better care he'd have come out of it again and we only expected him to be in there a little while. We stupidly trusted the hospital advice and the care home.
Care homes make billions. Care staff are often on min wage or less. The UK treats the elderly (and childrens homes) as cash cows. This ISN'T what it costs, it's what they charge and they are charging way over the odds. They are often backed by financial companies and they are in it just for the money. It's pure greed.