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Originally Posted by Easy 6
I won't claim to know all the ins and outs of that industry, but I was a homecare aide for the elderly for a year with five clients... and three of them railed against how many of these places operate very ruthlessly
My 87 year old Korean war combat vet client Jim had a wife in a home with a debilitating illness, and he is a man of fairly substantial means who almost built a small town near me all by himself... and he was almost in tears with me so many times about how draconian and heartless this place was
I went with him to see his wife once around Christmas, and this place was a soul sucking abyss... abandon hope all ye who enter
Two other clients all said the same kind of things about these places, even the supposedly fancy places aren't all they appear to be
If at all possible, my mother will live with me instead
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My wife's Dad went that route. We rented a hospital bed, Had a nurse come in to change his bedding etc. 3X a week. Figure out when to do bloodwork, whats changed to the Dr. Then we went from there. Cost more but not much.
I think most nursing homes charge around $200 a day at the bottom on the space. We paid about $300 a day. to allow his wife of 60+ years and other help from the family to allow him to die safely, pain free death in his own home.