I've been wondering about nursing homes

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3. Good question. Recently, CMS/Medicare announced WiFi is considered a "basic standard of convenience and comfort."

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
WiFi Considered a Basic Standard in Nursing Homes

"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) considers WiFi a basic standard of convenience and comfort that any individual could expect in their home and are therefore considering ways to ensure WiFi access for all residents in all nursing homes.

"If your nursing home does not have facility-wide WiFi access for all nursing home residents, please complete Attachment C from this memo and email to CMS at [e-mail] no later than December 22, 2023. CMS will use this information to evaluate whether CMP Reinvestment Program funds could be used for this purpose."

https://leadingage.org/wifi-considered-a-basic-standard-in-nursing-homes/

If we end up in a nursing home, hopefully we'll still be cogent and interested in the outside. Unfortunately, most of us will end up in a Medicaid nursing home when we are really ill. Take care.