Hi bros,
Just found out from this forum that many people do not know of
other option to nursing home and maid, for their bedridden
elderlies. I came across the below message:
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My grandmother was bedridden for 2 years due to massive stroke. We
put her up in a nursing home. Her monthly cost for the nursing home
was $2,000 to $3000. She passed away since. But during the 2 years,
the family spent around $100,000, including hospital visits.
:happy4:
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There is a better and cheaper option. My father had a stroke and we
were also in this predicament. AMK Community Hospital was chasing
us to transfer my dad out of the hospital and we were hard-pressed
to find him a caregiver. We called many nursing homes and yes, they
were simply out of our budget ($1800 to $3000).
Fortunately one of our friends introduce us to an agency to get
private nursing (only $900 salary a month). After using the private
nurse, I found that this option is probably much better than the
nursing home in many ways: (1) Cheaper (2) Need not travel daily to
visit my dad (3) 1-on-1 nursing care (4) Now my house has a nurse
(in case anything happens to my kids) (5) My dad is very happy as
he need not go to a nursing home and he could be with his
grand-kids.
I am very thankful to my friend for his recommendation. Hence, for
all with bedridden folks in nursing homes (except those with no
place for them in their house), this could be a better option
;-)
I know there are many who will be in the same predicament as I am.
So, I hope to this option could help .... like it did to me