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In reply to the discussion: Elder care costs keep climbing; nursing home bill now $91K [View all]dhol82
(9,353 posts)4. Medicare pays for 180 days of nursing home care
That's it. Then you use up your savings. Then you can go on Medicaid - if there is any left by the time you get there and depending on your state. Then you have to make sure the facility takes Medicaid.
I was lucky. My mom was only in a nursing facility for one year. $6000/month in 2007. She had enough saved to carry her through. It was a wonderful facility that treated her very well, but I would not have been able to get her accepted to this place if she had not been self-pay.
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I understand that but if that is the case, of course the costs are going to be more.
yeoman6987
Apr 2015
#8
The initial cost is more, but after a few years the cost of building a private room
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#9
Infections are a significant problem. Conflict among residents is also an often unacknowledged problem
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#12
Steve, does your state have in home health care? A lot of that is happening here in MN lately. My
jwirr
Apr 2015
#5
If you need 24-hour care, in-home care can end up costing more than a nursing home,
enough
Apr 2015
#22
I have not seen that but then in MN home care does not mean that you do not go to the doctors or
jwirr
Apr 2015
#26
Definitely boats need to be rocked in that situation. Medicare usually can provide wheel chair
jwirr
Apr 2015
#46
Yes, the little child my grand daughter cares for is one of those. Her mother takes her shift but
jwirr
Apr 2015
#25
That's for people paying full freight. Just like with college students, many residents
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#7
Most of them suck. But my mother's is wonderful. So I know it's possible -- though much too rare.
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#16
walkers wisconsin is growing more aggressive in recovering every penny they can
dembotoz
Apr 2015
#30
Care for company? I worry about care if I am too old to take care of myself.
Paper Roses
Apr 2015
#35