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As one who has been involved in the congregate care business for 40 yrs., I’d highly recommend staying in your home and hiring caregivers. This industry has many challenges - and keeping good, caring staff is at the top of the list. At least in a home situation, you have the flexibility of changing care companies without uprooting yourself again.
One of our members on this subject recently posted a list of caregiving companies and individuals available through an organization called “ALCA”, Aging Life Care Association. . Take a look, and I think you’ll find it very helpful.

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Thank you for this clear statement.
In our case, moving to a CCRC would mean living in a small apartment and stretching our finances to the limit.
In a hospital stay we saw that the majority of the people helping us spoke English as a second language. These are the people the Federal administration is pushing out of the country. I wonder who will staff the CCRCs when they are gone?
Living in an area with a large college population, we have the possibility of hiring students for certain needs. There's an organization of students who offer home help services.