Are your loved ones living the life they can enjoy. Our mother has three medical professionals live in her house, 24 hours a day. My mom loves it because lives in her own home. We tried to have her in an assisted living home, but the other seniors were annoying and the nursing staff had too many seniors to help my mom. She familiar with everything in her home and her total cost per month is $450. That pays for food, nursing assistance and any maintenance. It good to see a smile on my mom's face and know she is safe and well cared for in her home
How on earth is your mother's cost $450 a month for food, 3 full time live in medical professionals and maintenance? Even if her house is fully paid for, the cost of 3 full time medical professionals ALONE is many thousands of dollars per month. Are you using the rental income as payment for these services? Because if so, that's not 'free'.............that income is still income and needs to be counted!
Something is wrong here, obviously, because if the TRUE cost of such in home care were $450 per month, there wouldn't be Assisted Living Facilities on every corner of every street in America, all charging many thousands of dollars per month, let's face it. My mother's SSI income alone is $1020 a month, so by your math, she should be able to afford 6 live in medical professionals to wait on her hand and foot in her own home every month. But in reality, she can't. And neither can anyone else on a fixed income!
Just wondering what the point is of your post, because I must've missed it.
Unless you’ve employed slaves which is illegal, please don’t say the caregivers are free because they aren’t. Someone is paying for them. And understand, most here can not afford 1 live in helper let alone 3. Sounds like your mother is wealthy and can afford this lifestyle. Good for her. But understand that many cannot afford it and staying in their home is just not an option.
Many, many people don't get this option. For multiple reasons, they've had to place a loved one. I haven't seen anyone on here who did this thoughtlessly. It sounds like your mother is able to live well with some help. But what about those who can't be left alone? Can't feed themselves? Are hallucinating? Can't take their meds without help? Giving their savings away in scams because their rational skills are gone? Most people who've had to place elders feel bad enough as it is.