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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The price of assisted living in this area is going to be far more expensive. Look outside the DMV for reasonable rates. Average in this area is 8,000 to 10,000 a month or more!!!! [/quote]

memory care for my mom in DC is $8k/month. It was $15k/mo in a rural PA medicaid facility that nearly killed her.

And to the prior sanctimonious poster: Even if it was economically possible for me (the primary wage-earner for both my parents and my child) to suspend my life to take care of my mom, it wouldn't have worked. The dementia made her suspicious and violent towards her closest family; she wouldn't eat food that I brought, or let me bathe her or help her or give her medicine. She could hit me with impunity and there was no way for me to restrain her safely. There was no way to safely have my baby around her. So yeah. I can house her with caring professionals who she doesn't have an emotional reaction to, and my baby goes to daycare, and all of that out-of home care costs me a bit over $10,000 a month, but I earn about $20,000 a month and can continue to contribute to my own retirement fund so my daughter doesn't end up in MY position when she's 30. Maybe put the blame where it belongs, on American capitalistic culture that allows healthcare and eldercare to bankrupt families.
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