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[quote=Anonymous]My parents once considered moving into an assisted living community, but my mother balked and my father gave in to her wishes.  They rely on home health aides and me for help, but they refuse to pay for more home health aides so more and more keeps falling on my shoulders.  I have one sibling, but she's found various ways to avoid helping in any meaningful way.

In any event, were they to move into some type of senior housing, their needs would vary.  My understanding is that my father would be in the "assisted living" category but my mother is at the point where she'd be in the "skilled nursing" category.

Does anyone know of facilities in the DC/NoVa area that will allow an elderly couple to share a single unit (could be 1 or 2 bedrooms, but within the same unit) when they need such different levels of service?  My impression has been that we'd be steered to put them in separate units, since my mother needs more assistance getting cleaned and dressed (she is now bedridden), but that's a non-starter.  Apart from hearing issues, they are mentally sharp for their advanced age, so they increasingly frail but also quite opinionated and stubborn.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.  [/quote]

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