Originally Posted by kane

The place she is staying has different levels of care. The cheapest is the smallest apartment and the only care they provide is on call staff and meals and that is around $3,400 per month. It goes up from there to about $7,000 per month.

My mom will have what they call a "deluxe" studio which is 330sq feet. They will help her with her meds, bathing, meals and laundry and they have on call staff if she needs them. That is around $4,000 per month. Medicaid is going to pay for it, but it will only leave her with about $150 per month in spending money and it does cover phone or TV services so my brother and I are splitting her cable costs, I pay for her phone and we will split her few other small bills so she has a few bucks each month to spend on herself.