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[quote=Anonymous]We have been through both with my mom in the last year, echo everyone above who says there are many variables.  Including - importantly - personality.  My mom had a stroke, spent month in rehab and then went home with in-home care through an agency that was actually quite affordable.  The model is having a CNA level person living in home, providing all needed help with ADLs, cooking, light housework, can take to appointments if they are licensed driver etc.  The cost this agency ended up being something in the neighborhood of 10K per month.  My mom really wanted to go home, wanted to be with her dog, didn't want "facility living" etc.  But it was a massive disaster, and really because she just could not handle the dynamic and treated the lovely young women terribly (she burned through 5 before the agency dropped her.) We did everything we could to facilitate a better relationship but she was lonely and mad about her situation and being dependent on someone else and having one person there all the time wasn't a good fit for her.  We ended up transferring her to an assisted living (cost about the same) which she doesn't like a lot but the rotating staff coming in and out just works better for her personality.  Also, theoretically, there is more of an opportunity to be social and connect with other people though that is also dependent on the person.  Good luck to you - this is tough stuff to navigate.[/quote]

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