Reply #41: The number would be a small fraction of the population in LTC today [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

and I wouldn't second guess the OP's decision because a)I have no reason to do, and b)I tend to take OPs at their words.

Reliance on nursing home facilities is a really antiquated approach when people really only need a home health aide level of care, but we have a system that makes it easier financially to have fragile seniors in congregate care facilities away from families that don't have the resources to fund home care. It's pretty backward, but it's what we have now and the best one can hope for is that the relative gets into a good facility.