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>> My mother’s housing costs are moving past $6,300 a month Holy shit. I can't imagine how the author can afford that plus take care of his family.
Is this housing cost a Silicon Valley thing? Like rents are completely insane, so elder housing is also completely insane?
It's not like I live in a cheap city, either. Boston is pretty pricey, but wow.
>> My mother’s housing costs are moving past $6,300 a month Holy shit. I can't imagine how the author can afford that plus take care of his family.
How is it even possible for him to cover that?
This is why mixed use multi generational housing should be developed. You get a community essentially where people can look after each other. Obviously memory care and assisted living is a different ball game but you can still have those facilities in the community as well.
>> My mother’s housing costs are moving past $6,300 a month Holy shit. I can't imagine how the author can afford that plus take care of his family.
Basically you cover it with whatever SS, pension, savings, and other assets they have. When those don't cover it, you make compromises in quality of care, your finances, and your family's life.
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How is it even possible for him to cover that?
Could be that his mom had some money saved up or had some pension $ that could be put towards it. Not sure if insurance would help cover housing costs?
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My wife and I did this as our first date when we first started dating; we're both Christian if you're wondering why someone would do this on a first date. Unexpectedly, the lady we were to visit literally lived her last hour before she passed away before our eyes. We listened and comforted her husband for the next hour or so. We also listened to the CNA make the difficult calls to her children, some of which were out…
Wow that's a pretty intense experience for a first date.
[Edit] Sorry my comment should have been placed in response to the one comment about what SV should really be investing in. Imagine if we had companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon trying to solve dementia rather than get more revenues through ads.
So many problems would be solved if we could only cure dementia. Just my observation having taken care of my mom and dad and hanging around a lot in hospitals. [Edit] Sorry my comment should have been placed in response to the one comment about what SV should really be investing in. Imagine if we had companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon trying to solve dementia rather than get more revenues through ads.