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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would have much rather aged in place.  The nursing home provided minimal care, few activities and the residents were rarely changed or taken to the bathroom, questionable feeding, showers twice a week only and more.  Aging in place assumes the person can afford a place and help.[/quote]

Are you a ghost?[/quote]

LOL, but serious though, the people who say now that’s what they want either have not been through it with a loved one or they are already too out of it to see the gaping holes.

People have no idea how much it costs. I horrified all of my coworkers this week and several plan to talk to their parents this weekend.

My best friend was diagnosed with a health issue and needed to be hospitalized for two weeks. During this time, no one from her family could visit her relative. Her relative ended up in the hospital for an untreated issue that the home health care aides missed because they were so dependent on the family to alert them to changes. [/quote]

I cared for my MIL in our home for about a year.  Having help would have been amazing.  Then she went into a nursing home and got minimal care at best and quickly declined.  Some of us have an idea what it all costs.  You haven't been through it and talk about friends but some of us have been through it.  For $10-12K, the cost of the nursing home, we could have used that money to hire aides and have her stay with us and get her the care she needed but medicaid only would pay for a nursing home.[/quote]

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