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Originally Posted by Sly
I never understand that. Such a shame.
Has she considered the caregiver route instead? It would be cheaper and she could stay at home.
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We thought about that. The problem is she sold her old house when she got sick several years ago. She was renting a place then was in a nursing home for a little while then moved in with me.
We would have to find her a place to live that had a walk in shower and a kitchen that she could have a chair in and a layout that was easy for her to use a wheelchair/walker on. Then she would need either a live in caregiver or someone to be there every day. In the end it might be a little cheaper overall, but with medicaid they would still end up taking her social security to pay for it so she wouldn't see any benefit. So in the end she decided it was best to go somewhere that was built to her need and set up for what she would need.
The cost of some of these things are crazy. One place I looked at charged $9K per month and they didn't accept any kind of insurance or medicare/medicaid so you had to pay out of pocket.