Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What countries are less expensive? And what do you do for healthcare? Can anyone just move?

Portugal 🇵🇹
Thailand 🇹🇭
Turkey 🇹🇷
Mexico 🇲🇽
Colombia 🇨🇴
Georgia 🇬🇪
Morocco 🇲🇦

Usually You will get better and cheaper healthcare than USA except in some cases.

None of these places have better health care than the US. You are dreaming...

I have family members who travel to Thailand and Turkey for medical care and are very happy.They are destination countries for medical tourism.Agree Trauma care in hospital, cancer treatment and some specific surgical procedures US might be better if you are well insured.

Being acceptable risks for a cheaper price does not equal better.

This is that Visiting Angels company

You described my aunt’s nursing aide. She is wonderful. She cooks her meals, does her laundry, cleans, runs her errands and is wonderful at keeping her entertained. She even changes diapers.

When I visit my 2 older aunts in Latin America they all have this type of person (each lives in their own house) and so do several of their friends.

It is their maid they hired years and years ago. They all have a younger maid who does all the hard work and the older maid hangs out with the aunts. Makes breakfast for them then they chat over coffee, goes with them to shop, encourages them to finish tasks, advises them which outfit is best, gossips about neighbors, cleans their room, does their laundry, etc.

Anonymous wrote:That's awesome.

Do lady-sitters still exist?

Yes, we just hired a companion for my MIL. She comes five days a week. Does a few light chores, but mostly her job is to drive and to keep MIL mentally stimulated.

In addition to pay, she gets two meals a day, gas and mileage, and MIL pays if they do things that have a cost.

My grandma has someone like this to drive her everywhere, do grocery runs and prep food, tidy up, make sure she remembers her meds, that sort of thing, for 4 hours a day. She is pretty independent so they don’t do much caretaking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m tired of doing all this for my 17 year old daughter.

So stop.

How?

Have a meeting, explain that it's time for her to learn to take care of herself, agree what changes each of you will be responsible for, and start the next day. Either or both of you can suggest changes and both must agree to the changes (or not). You'll be doing her a favor too, but she may not see it for awhile.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can hire what they call a companionship but, as somebody with experience in this field, I can tell you is not very pleasant to have people everyday in your home. After a while you start missing your privacy and your independence

Some of you grew up without staff and it shows

This may be the most DCUM post ever. Honestly, I love it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What countries are less expensive? And what do you do for healthcare? Can anyone just move?

Portugal 🇵🇹
Thailand 🇹🇭
Turkey 🇹🇷
Mexico 🇲🇽
Colombia 🇨🇴
Georgia 🇬🇪
Morocco 🇲🇦

Usually You will get better and cheaper healthcare than USA except in some cases.

None of these places have better health care than the US. You are dreaming...

I have family members who travel to Thailand and Turkey for medical care and are very happy.They are destination countries for medical tourism.Agree Trauma care in hospital, cancer treatment and some specific surgical procedures US might be better if you are well insured.

Anonymous wrote:I would like to hire a nanny to make my breakfast and lunch. Prep dinner. Do my laundry. Straighten up my room. I'd like them to drive me to my coffee dates with friends, play games with me when I'm bored. They could also encourage me to organize or do household tasks that need to be done.

That's it. That's my goal when I retire.

My mom has exactly this. She in her 70s and lives in Los Angeles, and it’s very common in her age and wealth bracket.

Anonymous wrote:Essentially a home health aide. Not all of them exploit and empty savings. My mom was a home health aide for 3 hours per day. She had to be vetted by the state, but did no medical care other than driving to and from appointments.

+1. My mom has this now. It’s a home health aide.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What countries are less expensive? And what do you do for healthcare? Can anyone just move?

Portugal 🇵🇹
Thailand 🇹🇭
Turkey 🇹🇷
Mexico 🇲🇽
Colombia 🇨🇴
Georgia 🇬🇪
Morocco 🇲🇦

Usually You will get better and cheaper healthcare than USA except in some cases.

None of these places have better health care than the US. You are dreaming...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can hire what they call a companionship but, as somebody with experience in this field, I can tell you is not very pleasant to have people everyday in your home. After a while you start missing your privacy and your independence

Some of you grew up without staff and it shows

If life was so great in your exploitative third world country, please return. We could live without your laughable sense of superiority. We see you.

Hope you have enough saved.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What countries are less expensive? And what do you do for healthcare? Can anyone just move?

Portugal 🇵🇹
Thailand 🇹🇭
Turkey 🇹🇷
Mexico 🇲🇽
Colombia 🇨🇴
Georgia 🇬🇪
Morocco 🇲🇦

Usually You will get better and cheaper healthcare than USA except in some cases.

Don't forget places like India and Philippines. I have friends who retired in both places. English is widely spoken and costs are low. One of my ex-coworkers moved back to India and he's now widowed, and has a staff of 5 at his house, including a driver, gardener, cook, and maid.