THE NUMBERS |
The cost of maintaining a ventilator dependent quadriplegic in a nursing home is at least $207 a day up to $350 a day.
That translates into between $75,000 and $128,000 a year! Oftentimes, the ventilator dependent quadriplegic will live up to 20 years on the ventilator, being maintained and warehoused in a nursing home for $2,540,000, making this lifestyle very expensive but not productive.
What if you could have a better environment with better care for half the cost?
From this you experience minimum cost for maximum reward. Would this be considered an example of good business?
The IMS project or Lutheran New-Found Freedom Community For Independent Living And Free Enterprise can offer more for 20 percent less money.
This includes the costs for the community center, the customized wheelchair, and a POD [Personally Ordered Design] living unit completely furnished from first year of residency:
| Cost Per Person |
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| Community Living Center |
$32,500 |
| Furnished Living Unit |
$30,500 |
| Modified Electric Wheelchair |
$30,125 |
| Total Cost |
$93,125 Set Up Cost |
Unlike the nursing home costs which continue to go up, the IMS project costs will drop each year for five years.
After five years, the project will be redesigned to accommodate newer equipment, and a better facility for the ventilator dependent quadriplegics. |
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