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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.
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sounds pretty similar here but its not covered unless she is in what they call a 'long term care' facility which is basically a hospital type place and they won't even cover a private room, she'd have to share one. they will subsidize a certain amount for assisted living once she hits 70 but shes still got a few years to go. its too bad really. she gets by on her own but would do better with a bit more help than her daughter and i can provide.