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Every year in October the Atria my Mother is at in So Cal raises the rents beyond a normal and acceptable rate. (She is in the Independent Living area of the facility, so she pretty much takes care of herself). The entire community of residents are all SO worried that they are going to have to move and it's causing extreme undue stress on them and family members. Several times EVERY day my Mother brings it up and says she has to move along with several other residents. It's ALL they talk about and it's so wrong. Who can be contacted about this serious problem in upper government? Why aren't the elderly protected when it comes to this? The astronomical fees and the yearly increases are beyond the normal inflation rates, and it's a form of ABUSE in my opinion. Taking advantage of the Elderly is ABUSE. I visit daily and it's all the residents talk about!! I'm going to contact Social Services regarding this to make a formal complaint. Atria Corporate does not care and only wants to rip everyone off just like all of the other Assisted Living facilities. Someone needs to do something about this!!

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I would tend to agree with you, but suggest that you take Mom to an Elder Law Attorney to read over her contract and discuss it with both of you. You have to decide if the place is worth the price or if she'd rather move and find a place that has a better policy.
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Inflation. Everything costs more now - all the food they're fed, electricity, employees' pay. The facility has to charge more in order to provide services. The rise of our cost of living is everywhere, not only assisted living. Anger might better be directed at the actual reason this is happening to all of us, not just what's being experienced by the elderly.
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RST888 Nov 2022
Believe me I know what's going on but this is ridiculous. Most of what is going on is more of "Greed-flation" throughout this nation. The government has pretty much destroyed our economy.
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IL facilities are private businesses just like a rental unit with perks. They can raise rates whatever they want. If you find it is too much then protest with your feet and move.
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kristiboylan Dec 2022
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My State has rental caps. Landlords can only raise rent 4% a year. Some states do not have these laws so it means the private AL can raise rents as high as they want.
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Have you read her contract? That might give you an idea of what they can do regarding raising the rents.

I don't know if AL counts as rental property (I doubt it), but California has a 10% limit on how high rents can be raised each year, and individual cities often have their own rent control laws.

This is why I steered clear of big chain nursing facilities for my mother. They're all about the money first and foremost.
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There are no caps in my state. And rents have gone thru the roof. My grandson's rent for an efficiency apt. is going up $300.00 a month. His dad is buying a 2 bdrm condo for him. His cousin is going to share with him. Good deal for both of them to save money.
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Supply and demand. It’s going to get a lot worse once the boomers start needing to move into AL in large numbers. These are for profit companies, not charities.
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It seems like as long as there is an opportunity to raise the price of something, it will happen.

On the flip side, everyone is paying more for everything and so prices increase accordingly.

I feel sorry for younger people who are just starting out. I feel equally sorry for older people who don’t have resources to meet their needs.

The guy in the middle suffers too because they make too much money to receive a helping hand when they need it.

We are all hurting unless we are very wealthy!
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I feel you! I just got off the phone with one of the Executive Directors of my fathers facility in Sugar Land Texas. They tried raising his rent 930 dollars a month. That brings his "base rent" to $7,000 / month! I haggled with her and got them to drop $300/mth off. I told her that they needed to send some sort of back up with the rent increase to show how they calculate these increases! She suggested that maybe my dad could move to a smaller apartment! He is 100 years old for gosh sakes. I am so mad I could spit bullets! I think I will inquire with the attorney general's office to see if there is anything that can be done.
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