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[quote=Anonymous]I just did this with my parents. It was $27/hour. 24/7 (extra on holidays). That’s $648/day, $4,536/week, almost $236,000 (not calculating holidays)

If I were you, this is what I’d do:
1) if you have the funds for 24/7, put him in an IL facility that can move him up to higher levels of care if necessary. Find one with a Health Center on-site to minimize trips off site. You can put him in a studio or 1bd, as long as you have a place for the CNA to rest (like a recliner). 
We kept my parents in their IL apartment and for awhile we paid for daytime care while I came over at night and slept there. Until I hurt my back trying to get my Mom off the floor.

2) if you don’t have funds for that, find an AL place try to pay for the lowest support level. Then hire someone for only certain hours. But that will still be expensive. Where my parents were it was $6,000-$11,000 per month for AL depending on level of care needed. Over $11,000 per month for MC.

That being said, sometimes no matter what you do, your loved one can hurt themselves. We had 24/7 care, but my Mom would wait until the CNA would go to the kitchen or go to the bathroom or go help my Dad, then get up. She took lots of falls. Her last one was in a bathtub, that had a seat she refused to use. And would not bathe with the CNA in the room. She hit her head and died 2 weeks later.

Do the best that you can, with the money time and energy you have. You cannot stop them from dying. Don’t kill yourself, bankrupt yourself or damage your family trying to help.  [/quote]

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