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What is happening in the houses.
Short notes, dated. What changed, what we learned, and the occasional thing we got wrong.
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Photograph to comeWho lives in oneIt isn't a home for old people. It's a home for people who need one.Photograph to comeThe math: $70 a monthClothes, a haircut, a phone, a birthday present for a grandchild. About $2.30 a day.Photograph to comeWhy the same face mattersYou can't write that into a care plan. It only comes from years.
A house, in a neighborhoodNorth Carolina law treats a family care home as a residential use of property. That isn't a technicality.Photograph to comeThe math: $46 a dayA budget motel room costs more. It doesn't come with dinner.
What is a family care home?A licensed home where two to six adults live and get help around the clock. That's the whole definition.
A house, in a neighborhoodNorth Carolina law treats a family care home as a residential use of property. That isn't a technicality.Photograph to comeThe math: $46 a dayA budget motel room costs more. It doesn't come with dinner.What is a family care home?A licensed home where two to six adults live and get help around the clock. That's the whole definition.Come and look
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Any day, no appointment. Walk through the whole house, meet whoever is on shift, and ask us anything you want.
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