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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any tips on how your family managed to continue on at home?  Dad is part of the equation and wants to continue at home with mom there.  He needs some physical help but is still cognitively in relatively good shape, but unable to care for mom.[/quote]

Both of my parents have dementia.  We are having them age and place and we made sure they’re downstairs in their house is handicapped accessible. This meant we had to add a disabled bathroom on the first floor and a ramp at the back door. We hired an agency to have caretakers rotate on different shifts. I also visit two long weekends a month. I have two siblings and one visits every couple months and one visits twice a year. For about six months my parents kept throwing the caregivers out of the house at least a couple times a week but they haven’t done that in a while. We use Home Instead. It cost about 15,000 a month for two clients Around the clock care. We have read studies and talk to social workers and most evidence suggests it is best to age in place if possible but clearly that is very expensive.[/quote]

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