Comment by fastball

I found this excerpt mildly annoying:

  The cost of care is nearly $8,000 per month, but the Dutch government subsidizes the residents—all of whom receive private rooms—to varying degrees; the amount each family pays is based on income, but never exceeds $3,600.

  To put it into perspective, a private room at a U.S. nursing home cost an average of $248 per day in 2012, or more than $90,500 annually—a figure that’s even more staggering when applied to the rapid increase in dementia patients globally.

Making me do the math in my head only to find out that the private room in the US is actually cheaper than the Dutch one (at $96,000/year) feels pretty misleading. Sure, I bet the quality of care is much much better than what you'd find in the average US nursing home, but that's exactly why you don't need to be sneaky with the numbers!