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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have parents in assisted living because they couldn’t afford private care and needed more support, so I understand this issue well. I do love it, but I think this negatively impacts an entire demographic no one has mentioned - first-time home buyers.

If elders aren’t selling and moving in with relatives or ALFs, then we lose this housing option for young people.

Thoughts?[/quote]

Having some help in paying for home health aides won't keep people living independently in their homes for too long.

Unless they have family living with them to do the bulk of the caregiving (evenings, weekends, and all oversight of the caregivers) people who live alone will soon need to sell and move anyhow.

Who this WILL help?  People like me -- married to a disabled person.  We're not going to be selling this house anytime soon. Even if my spouse goes into a VERY EXPENSIVE nursing facility, the rest of the family still needs a house to live in. They won't let me move into the nursing home with him for free, either.

Who will this help?  Adult kids who move mom into the house with them, but who still need to work during the day.  Medicare could help pay for a caregiver to come during the day. Adult children still provide the care evenings, weekends.

If a single, elderly widowed lady is living on her own in a biig, big house?  Medicare paying for someone to come 25 hours a week, even 35 hours a week... only lets her stay there as long as she can handle evenings and weekends on her own.  Then, don't worry, she'll sell so younger people can live in that house of hers.

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This is our case. We had to move my mom in with us. I had to quit my teaching job, which allows zero flexibility, to take care of her. She doesn’t need 24 hr care, but I am anchored to my house, and can only leave for a few hours at a time. If I could get some elder care help just four hours a day, it would be a huge help.

We are still have a teenager at home, and have had to miss several college events of our oldest kid. My mother’s social security check would not cover four hours of care per day. We are saving as much as we can for when she will have to be placed in a memory care facility.  Any kind of help, would be welcomed!  I would love to be able to go back to work. I am lucky my husband’s income can keep us all afloat, but with few to any luxuries.  [/quote]

PP, off topic but could you tutor virtually at all to make some money if your mom doesn’t need constant care? Depending on what you taught you could make some money at least from home. I pay 70-100 for tutors we have used per hour.[/quote]

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