[quote=jamsvet]My MIL suffered from Alzheimers and we had to put her in a nursing home. She lasted 18 YEARS. We were private pay and it averaged 5k a month. That was for a nice place nothing spectacular, which we visited frequently at all hours to check on conditions. Hardest thing we ever did. Damn near destroyed my wife.[/quote]
Kudos to you for paying for her care. Did you have to give up a lot personally to make the 5k in payments? I don’t know too many people who can sustain 60k a year over, much less for 18 years.
Thats the problem, how many of us can really afford to take care of our parents LONG TERM and at what cost not only in dollars, but in all the personal sacrifice. If you can’t afford the nursing home, taking care of someone with Alzheimers has to be incredibly difficult. If you’re single, how do you manage to work and take care of that parent unless you can afford a nanny for your sick parent?
I’m curious if anyone has good suggestions on how to overcome these dilemma’s?
