daylatedollarshort
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Getting dementia in one country with most of your family members in another country isn't exactly smooth sailing. It is hard enough in the U.S. to take over the affairs of an aging family member, visit regularly, make sure they are well taken care of and find good nursing home care, let alone for someone not of sound mind that is thousands of miles away in a country with totally different social services, power of attorney laws, guardianship laws, etc. Plus, no visitors or maybe your kids will come once a year and have to spend their 2 week vacation each year visiting you in your nursing home in another country. Our family has gone through this and I don't see it as an optimal plan for aging.
My plan is to always have enough assets for assisted living or nursing home care for both of us for many years in U.S, so as not to unduly burden our adult kids.
My plan is to always have enough assets for assisted living or nursing home care for both of us for many years in U.S, so as not to unduly burden our adult kids.
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