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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom's parents both died before this became an issue.
My dad's mother lived to be 99. In the last two years of her life the money left to her ran out. My dad did next to nothing. Let her "friend" take care of things. Grandma ended up in a Medicaid facility in Broward County. It was horrific. She declined very rapidly after that.

I resent my dad so much for not doing anything for her. He's gonna get the same.[/quote]

Have you checked out the annual cost or even just the monthly cost of a nursing home?  Your dad probably couldn't afford to move her anywhere better.

20 years ago when my dad was in a nursing home it cost 48K/year and that was for the basics.   And, since you have no idea how long they'll live you don't know if they'll be there for 1 year or 20 years.  How do you budget for that and try to keep a roof over your own head at the same time?

You just have to pick the lesser of the evils in that situation.  It's sad.[/quote]

Many people work their entire lives and still never can save at a minimum wage job.  Think about all the service workers and workers who work at the nursing homes on minimum wage.  People make it so easy but its not.[/quote]

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