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[quote=Anonymous]We are in the midst of this right now.  My parents had planned to age in place.  They retired to coastal NC almost 20 years ago.  My mother was just put under Hospice care a few weeks ago.  My Dad is her primary care giver and my sister and I have been taking turns going down for 5-7 days spelling him, with 3 day gaps in between.  We will do this as long as it takes.  No one will give us a "probable" scenario.  So, it may last a few more week sor it may last a few more months.  My sister has a flexible job that allows her to work remotely while she is down there and makeup some time on the week that she is home.  I am a sahp, but my spouse travels quite a bit, so we make plans based on his travel schedule.  We did the same thing when each has had more serious illnesses over the past 20 years.

Once my mom is gone, my father has indicated that he plans to move after his license expires in 2016.  He is resisting moving near to us in NOVA or my sister in NE.  He has looked places in NC in Raleigh where they have stepped up services from indepenent apartment living to assisted living to nursing care.  He should have enough money to do this.

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