Luxury Retirement/Continuing Care Facility -- Costs and Other Options

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Anonymous wrote:My parents pay $9,000 a month in Arlington. Va and the facility isn't that great. You're only paying 2 grand a month. Be thankful.

Be thankful for $2000/month? She should be paying 0 per month. There are perfectly decent places that take Medicaid. The application process is labor intensive and adult children can help the parent by assisting in the application. Visit the parent often and take them to medical appointments. These are the things I do to support my parent, but I’m not coughing up a cent of my own family’s money when the government can pay.

Jeez, you sound like a peach. Medicaid nursing homes have long waits and generally are full of indigent patients. They are not the kind of place anyone would want to wind up in.

Not in my experience. My state has a list of Medicaid nursing homes and regularly inspects and gives a star rating out of 5. They also publish all complaints made and actions taken. The hospital social worker got my parent into a nice facility close to my home after a stroke. I visit daily, bring food sometimes, and ferry them to appointments and outings. Being there all the time helps to advocate for the patient too. It’s not the Four Seasons, but akin to a Best Western. The other residents are nice—I don’t know if they are indigent too. What difference does that make?

What state are you in and what's the nursing home? Sounds too dreamy