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I'm guessing the vast majority of people with dementia cannot afford paying $11k/mo. What are their options? Is there an option of paying (much) less to receive

• muzani 3y ago
  What my wife did was quit her engineering job to take care of her mother (and the kids) full time. But mostly the mother; we can hire babysitters but not afford senior care. I believe an economist called it an external dependency. The family structure is designed for this kind of thing. But we started outsourcing senior care, which led to retirement plans, etc. It fixes a lot of things, but it may not be sustainable with longer life spans etc. I expect us to eventually cold turkey and go around back to family-based care, even if we as a society have to take a productivity hit.
• howard941 3y ago
  The only options are draining all assets to qualify for Medicaid, or family care.