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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not a happy existence. If you don't have family, hope you die before you get old.[/quote]

Reading these posts and seeing everyone in nursing homes or as one post said all the elderly in trailer parks it looks like family won't always save you.  Even if you have children you will most likely end up in the nursing home with the people without children.

This is why I am already saving for later and taking care of my health now.  Hopefully that will give me more good years than bad later on however what can be done about it, you could have all the money in the world and get dementia.  That's why social services are so important and subsidised housing is vital, it looks like most people get the help they need when they need it.[/quote]

My MIL lived in a lovely community of trailer parks.  It was all she could afford but it wasn't what one would picture.  Social services doesn't get involved except in extreme situation.  Reality is many of us cannot physically take care of our loved ones.  I moved my MIL in but we have a small house and no money for hired help.  It was terrible.  I tried adult day care but wasn't comfortable leaving her there all day.  At some point, with dementia you need 24/7 care and its hard to do and have kids.  The only thing in MD medicaid would pay for is a nursing home.  That was our only option to get help.  I got her into subsidized housing but she couldn't take care of herself in it.  You aren't understanding all the issues.  Its not the housing, its the caretaking.  [/quote]

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