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[quote=Anonymous]24/7 caregivers for two people will cost more than a SNF. And they will need more oversight from local family - are the nearby siblings willing to be onsite often to  deal with the many issues that arise with in-home care? And what happens when one or both eventually do need a SNF - will you have the funds for full pay?

I'm one of the many PPs who said local nursing home. I know SNFs have a bad rap, and we were lucky that our parent could afford a high-quality one when the time came. But very few people can singlehandedly perform all the work for two aging parents with significant memory and health issues while preserving some form of a life for themselves and sanity. And you'd be surprised how quickly even people who are mortally opposed to a facility can settle in happily. For my dad, who didn't want to leave his house of 40+yrs, the sense of community and the comfort/safety of a continuing care facility surprisingly made him so much happier. We realized after the fact how frightened he must have been as he was declining and trying to hang onto his old life.[/quote]

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