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Preparing for Life in an Assisted Living Facility<\/h1>\n

While having coffee with a friend, she spoke about her parents making the choice to sell their home and decrease their\u201d home upkeep\u201d time. While it was a fairly big change, they moved to a very nice community living facility. Due to her mom\u2019s diminishing memory, this will make life a bit easier for her dad and help ease the minds of the adult children. Even more interesting was the plan set in motion to pay for their future living expenses. Life today is active, especially for women aged 45 \u2014 56 who care for both their parents and children. These people are caught in the \u201csandwich generation\u201d and these columns are focused on issues affecting you.<\/p>\n

So, their family gathered information on the costs of home care, assisted living, and skilled care. Costs range quite a bit, but $3,200 is a good starting point for assisted living for a couple and skilled care can run from $5,000 to $10,000 monthly per person depending upon the type of care needed. She continued to explain that Medicare Plans typically do not cover this type of care. So what does a person, or couple, do to pay for this type of expense?<\/p>\n

In their case, several years ago the adult children set up a plan to split the premium payments for an insurance plan that covers home health care, assisted living, and facility care if ever needed. She explained that they looked at this long-term care insurance plan as a way to help their parents have availability to quality care, but also a way to protect their inheritance.<\/p>\n

She went on to say that the odds a married couple will need long-term care is about 70% and more than one in ten will need more than 5 years of care in a nursing home. It seems odd to think about adult children getting together and paying premiums, but she said they all agreed it made good sense. Their mom and dad seem to enjoy their newfound time by playing pool and being part of activities while finding peace with more safety. Of course, their dad kept his car and they get out as often as they wish.<\/p>\n

Now is the time to create a plan that might help assure your parents will be taken care of.<\/p>\n

By getting a brother and sisters together, ideas can be discussed and a future plan and planning tools can be agreed upon. You will find some helpful tools on the MRMS-INC website found below.<\/p>\n

Helping mom and dad and caring for your children simultaneously is not easy. It is very helpful to discuss and plan for reasonable future events, and a sandwich generationer should guide their parent through these issues including the primary issue of safety while being careful not to take all control away from a parent. Once again, it is important to start talking, making suggestions, and guiding early, do not\u00c2 wait for a crisis. If you would like a list of \u201cquestions to ask in different aspects of care\u201d see our website and look under the \u201cPatient Advocacy Division\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preparing for Life in an Assisted Living Facility While having coffee with a friend, she spoke about her parents making the choice to sell their home and decrease their\u201d home upkeep\u201d time. While it was a fairly big change, they moved to a very nice community living facility. 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