Unless this is a temporary condition and they are still young 60 to 70s years old,keeping them at home may not be the best choice. Nursing home or assisted living or rehab hospital will cost $3500 to $4500 a month in the Dallas market. The facilities are really better, they have fellow folks to talk with,hourly programs to keep their brains and bodies in shape. We tried to keep both my parents in their home. They both fell, broke hips and ended up in assisted living, nursing and finally memory care and died under hospice care of alzheimer’s. Keeping them at home longer than they were capable even with help was the wrong choice in hindsight. I think we used a company like “visiting angels” and paid $15 to $18 an hour. If you need 24 hour care unless you’re very rich the facility vs hourly care is more economical. Gods speed!
I’ll echo this. The facility is better equipped to handle geriatrics than you can do it at home.
We have been very fortunate that the manager at the assisted living facility is a Saint in my book. We are also very blessed that my sis is also being nominated for Saint hood since she goes to see Mom at least three times a week and calls her faithfully every night at 8PM. Mom wants for nothing but she complains about almost everything and seems to appreciate nothing most days.