What is the “Old Folks Home”?

The “old folks home,” any “old folks home,” can be described as the last place of residency before death, the interim residence before moving to an assisted care facility (i.e., convalescent home), or a temporary residence until money runs out and homelessness ensues.

Seriously, though, who really desires to spend the last years of life in such a place? Yet, that’s exactly what happens. Many of the senior citizens have been tenants of the “old folks home” for many years or decades, for that matter. Moving from one “old folks home” to another is possible. However, the result is the same ol’ shit. Only the affluent class of senior citizens can afford to reside in a halfway decent facility instead of a dump.

Addendum: For a pariah, the the “old folks home” creates a tremendous amount of existential angst. The thought of perishing in total anonymity (with the cadaver being discovered several weeks later after a pungent rotting odor is detected by other senile geriatric residents) is unnerving. The better option is to expire in a homeless motorhome (i.e., cargo van camper conversion) because the corpse will most likely be discovered within a day or two.