IDK about other countries, but... Nursing homes are required to have trained care staff, 24x7x365. For example, check Florida here: https://www.nursinghomela

IDK about other countries, but... Nursing homes are required to have trained care staff, 24x7x365. For example, check Florida here: https://www.nursinghomelawcenter.org/news/nursing-home-staffing-requirements-by-state/ https://www.nursinghomelawcenter.org/news/nursing-home-staff... If a facility managed to keep their average cost of those state-minimum direct care hours down to $30/hour - that'd still be $40k/year. On top of that, they must have higher-level medical staff, admin. staff, laundry service, 365x3 meals per year of healthy-ish food, and pay for a facility that meets all the legal requirements. (And probably a bunch of other stuff, that IDK about.)