Many individuals look forward to retirement. However, most of these individuals are not looking forward to having to enter some type of care facility, such as a nursing home. Actually, the majority isn’t even thinking about this possibility at all.
However, many Americans will, at one point, need some type of help with their day-to-day activities. In fact, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, roughly 1.4 million Americans reside in nursing homes on any given day.1