marko
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Having seen this first-hand, here's my take:
That $100K NH cost is not in addition to your current expenses.
The sick spouse's expenses go up but the healthy one's go down.
The healthy spouse spends all of his/her time visiting the sick one. So, no more expensive dinners, exotic travel, clothing; get rid of that second car, boat and second home; etc. Your world becomes a whole lot smaller as do your previous/normal discretionary expenses.
As such, depending on your situation, your expenses could drop by $50K or so making your 'additional' NH expense half of what you think it might be.
Still not an attractive situation but a bit more palatable.
YMMV
That $100K NH cost is not in addition to your current expenses.
The sick spouse's expenses go up but the healthy one's go down.
The healthy spouse spends all of his/her time visiting the sick one. So, no more expensive dinners, exotic travel, clothing; get rid of that second car, boat and second home; etc. Your world becomes a whole lot smaller as do your previous/normal discretionary expenses.
As such, depending on your situation, your expenses could drop by $50K or so making your 'additional' NH expense half of what you think it might be.
Still not an attractive situation but a bit more palatable.
YMMV
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