daylatedollarshort
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Home care is cheaper than AL which tends to be much cheaper than nursing home level care. My mother had 4 years of AL then moved to what Michigan calls a "home for the aged." These are limited to 6 residents and had stable caring staff for her last couple of years. The price was very reasonable. Billy and Akaisha Kaderli have priced home care and assisted living in Mexico and Guatemala and found prices to be very reasonable including medical treatment and doctor house calls. I don't think I should link to another ER site but you can look it up if you want. My point is that there are a lot of options. You don't have to have $37 million.
If our adult kids weren't in the U.S. I would seriously consider moving. LTC just isn't a budget buster for people with significant assets and income in most other developed countries. A relative of ours was in a nice care home in the UK for $3.5k a month USD.