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Where do you want to grow old?
Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 15 9:41pm | Replies (267)Comment receiving replies
It depends where you live if at home caregivers will be less or more than assisted living places. Where I live in DC you would pay a 24/7 caregiver $25 if you were lucky per hour but with an agency it could be $35. That is a lot of money.
We have a neighbor who can hardly walk but he makes do at home with 8 hours of caregiving a day for which he pays nearly $8K a month. Then he has his normal house expenses.
Lets face it if you get to the stage of needing a lot of care it is going to be expensive unless you qualify for Medicaid.
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I started a reply, and it disappeared before I was finished, so will try again!
$35/hour for private care is min. In the Seattle area. And, retirement communities run anywhere from $5,800 and up. Mostly up. Then, if you need assisted care in the facility, add by level of care - $1,500 to at least $5,000….
You are right… it’s all expensive….. And, quality of care differs from State to State. More and more facilities are dropping Medicaid and taking private pay only residence now…. At least in our area.