I just started working at an assisted living facility my 3rd. Day and I have to say, I'm not sure I'm gonna stay!!! Roaches are everywhere!! 😔 and I mean EVERYWHERE!!! These poor residents are given ripped sheets, and the pillows are stained!! This is not what I expected it to be like inside They're living in horrendous conditions
OMG!!! This is what I’m talking about. This is why we have to start planning for our own Sunset Stages way earlier than we do. We wait to long and have limited resources which put us in places like you’re describing. Start looking for something else. If they don’t care about their residents, they won’t care about their employees either.
@@Melanie-357 There are beautiful facilities everywhere. The problem is that most people wait too long to plan for their senior years. Most Americans don't have savings, or life insurance, or long-term care insurance. They can't afford the nice facilities.
@@RessurrectionGravesYes, please anonymously report them to your local area agency on aging, food inspector, social media/news media, state accreditation board, etc.
Owned and operated a small one for 23 years. More of a home setting. Closed in August. I worked myself but it became impossible to stay open. I NEVER made $4000/month. Just hard to say no. Ive made under $1000. Was happy tp get $2000. The state literally said they dont care. My Ombudsman said I should close since there's no way im making money. I was worried about where my ppl would go. Some had behaviors and were hard placements. I just had to finally let go. I just started a cleaning business. I honestly miss them. 🥺🙏🏾
@@mrs.t3733 Baltimore is very different from Houston in every way. I just completed a contract at Johns Hopkins. You cannot compare Baltimore to Houston.
At one point I called maybe over a dozen facilities in my area in an effort to find one that takes Medicaid and none of the assisted living facilities did. Not one. The nursing homes take it but the wait lists are usually long.
Most cities have at least one that will let people spend down before applying for Medicaid. There are people who do senior placement for a living. I always recommend using a locator. They will save you some time.
The majority of assisted livings do not take Medicaid. There are some that do, but those are far and few between. Most assisted living’s are private pay only.
16.5% of Assisted Living Residents rely on Medicaid. 80-90% of Nursing Homes accept Medicaid. Medicaid is the highest payor of long term care in the country. This type of facility is not uncommon. It claims to offer different levels of care; from independent to long term care.
Nicer upscale ones don't. I was small and stopped. They pay daily. You must hold the bed for room and board which was around $500. If they went to the hospital 30 days you only get room and board. They won't pay the ALF and Acute Care. This is in MD. Many of us are closing. We can't compete with McDonald's pay🤷🏾♀️
@@mrs.t3733 if the family drops them off and then stops paying what do you do with someone who can’t just be rolled out to the parking lot? I imagine managing payments e would get stressful especially if the resident doesn’t know what’s going on with money
I have a personal care home for sale and one for lease in Houston. They can both hold 8 residents. It’s better to live in a smaller house than in an institution.
My son was an EMT that mostly picked up from Assisted Living and Nursing Homes. More than once he called me very upset and near tears. He quit after a year because he couldn’t handle having to deal with the horrors of these kinds of places. He told me he would never let me go to one especially since he can provide a bit more than basic care if needed.
I’m seriously thinking I need to retire and live my golden ages in another country that has free medical care such as Germany and Australia. I live in USA and I’ll be lucky if I have enough social security to cover me when I can no longer work. I’m 43 yrs old and hopefully secure a plan before 65. 😂😢
Yes I been an LPN working LTC for 8 months now and let me tell you I have used a lot skills I didnt even learn in school. I have not had my first patient death , but I have had a lot patients unconscious and have had to use my critical thinking.
I was telling people the same thing on Facebook and they all assumed I was forcing them to have children to take care of them when they get old. They heard what they wanted to hear. I told them that they needed to have a plan and with the way money is set up now people need to be aware of how far their money will stretch, especially in the future.
The facility I work at it varies on the level of care needed if the resident is completely independent it’s cheaper! If their completely dependent it’s more expensive
Adequate training and integrity are the two most important things missing in the senior care industry. The industry is full of dedicated under paid and under valued employees who love what they do. As industry trends change there has become a greater shortage of nurses and CNA's. What will the quality of care in the industry look like 5 years from now? Will more of our seniors opt to live in these communities or age in place?
@@mysunsetdoula Can't save with constant inflation, or mismanagment of countries funds . We can easily wake up and the dollar goes to $0 have you check the National Debt Clock lately!?
This is an assisted living facility in Houston, Texas. If you want more information on planning go to my Linktree and download your free My Sunset Planning checklist. My contact information can be found there as well if you have questions 🙂
Look - if you are AWRE that you made a gross error in your pricing (verbally as well as textually), when you say “$43,000 a MONTH, but meant “$4,300 a month”, WHY wouldn’t you correct your error? By NOT correcting the error, it negates everything else you claim in your video. Sorry.
There is a reason that I haven’t removed it yet. I will be replacing with an accurate version. Be kind yall! This was one of my very first videos. We make mistakes so we can learn from them and trust me I am now meticulous about editing.
They aren't all the same. But inflation and the government spending activity caused this neglect Healthcare as a whole. Some needs to write down a comprehensive system to replace what needs replacing. A repeatable, trainable set of improvements in policy, enforcement needs planning and people for all that.
I think the problem is foundational. Healthcare is a business. It’s designed as such for profit. Helping people is secondary. Sometimes a distant second. The whole system needs replaced. Let’s start with transparency with cost and services. This is an accurate representation of what a room looks like that Medicaid will pay for in terms of long term care.
And this is a clean model room only. Look under and behind the beds. Pull those cover back on those half made beds and you’ll find crumbs and shit. Change their briefs and look at the bottoms of your loved ones. These places can be the loneliest places of their last days.
I'm going to. Lots of people are. They are called residential care homes, personal care homes, etc... Look up how to start a residential care home and assisted living in your state. That's where I started.
Good morning, Sunset. I have a question. We have our parents in a senior living facility here in Georgia. Father has Parkinson’s, Mother has Alzheimer’s. We have them in a room together on the assisted side. This place costs about $8k per month. She is not in need of assistance or memory care as of yet, but he needs assistance, since he only has one leg. He falls allot, and needs help bathing and transferring. My question to you is this: Since this facility is known to be one of the most reputable in the area, in the following scenarios, what would YOU think should happen? Scenario 1: 78 year old resident with one leg falls in the bathroom at 2am , hits his head causing it to open and start gushing blood. Resident is now on the floor. - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pushes his lanyard pendant - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pulls the toilet cord - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident fails to notify via pendant or cord pull Scenario 2: 78 year old resident with one leg falls off the bed at 11 pm, scrapes his leg, causing it to bleed. Resident needs assistance to get back into bed, as well as needs to have his scrape assessed. - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pushes his lanyard pendant - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pulls the toilet cord - [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident fails to notify via pendant or cord pull They are not on Medicare or medicade. They pay via his VA and retirement. If you could provide YOUR professional opinion, that would be helpful. Thanks.
Scenario 1: If resident calls via pending or other method, they need to respond in a timely manner. If in assisted living, caregivers should be rounding every 2 hours at minimum in case resident failed to call. Scenario 2: doesn’t matter what time it is. Address the knee and help him back to bed. Falls can be difficult to prevent depending on the resident and staff to resident ratio. I hope your parents are doing well 💜
Nope, I plan to stay independent living as long as I can. I would never put my parents in one unless they had health issues that I could not get home therapy services. Other that, I always believe the senior years of our parents should get spent living among surrounded by family so they are never isolated, cut off, and feel forgotten.
We all plan on living independent until we can't. Chances are the family you think will surround your loved one will disappear leaving it in the hands of 1 family member. Going through this now. It's an eye opener!
I was told 8000. How ever. Much ssa or pension you get they will take it all and give you 125 for yourself. Services for home health through Medicare or Medicaid are practically non existent. Be prepared mentally to spend long hours on the phone. No long term insurance carrier if your disabled will write you coverage. And even long term beds in nursing homes are hard to get. It’s dismal
It depends on where you are. Missouri has the lowest cost of assisted living $34,000/year. DC has the highest being over six figures a year. Then it depends on a person’s preferences, finances, as well as mental and physical condition. You may be able to afford a much nicer facility. Medicare does not pay for assisted living or long term care AT ALL. Medicaid however is the highest payer of long term care services in the country.
Sometimes placement is necessary for various reasons. With the large amount of people turning 70 every day we need to focus on creating better facilities, more affordable options, and more services for family caregivers.
@@mysunsetdoula I agree. However, sometimes, those aren't good reasons. For instance: the family don't want to "down-grade" their lives, in order to take care of their loved-one. They don't want to give up their lifestyle.
Many people in these facilities don’t have family to take care of someone that needs 24 hour care and that is very common in the US. Family members may have health problems of their own, not have enough money, can’t quit their jobs, would have to leave the person unsupervised while family goes to work, and the list goes on. It can be really unsafe to care for someone that has certain conditions in the home of family are not clinicians themselves. That said, yes, there are some families that could do more but choose not to.
I’m going to have to take this video down lol. I immediately corrected it in the description but it doesn’t matter. I’ll have to keep apologizing for it. $4,300/month!!!! Low end.
The plan should be family taking care of their family. I would never put my parents in a home. My aunt had to recover from an accident at an assisted living place and holy hell it was the worst thing ever. Even if you are low income your loved one would get better care with you having limited resources than being neglected in a nursing home. Just saying
My aunt only got bathed when we would go over and we literally had to have someone there every day to ensure she was being taken care of. She re-dislocated her shoulder and called for help with no response for hours and when they finally came wouldn’t call an ambulance. She had to figure out how to get ahold of her son and HE called for an ambulance and then needed surgery once at the hospital. Those places are garbage. They have literally no requirements for employment and probably under pay and over work the people they have so they could care less about doing a half decent job.
There are so really good places for people who don’t want to stay with their families. Or families that can’t take care of their loved ones for whatever reason.
I’m sure there are, they are just really hard to find. And this is just coming from what I have found in MY area. I’m sure there are places throughout the US that are stellar!!
No kitchen in this room. This room was on a unit where they provided rehab and higher level care. The facility prepares the food and assists with feeding if necessary. They assists with all activities of daily living; bathing, dressing, toileting, etc. There was an independent/assisted living building where the rooms were more like apartments with kitchens and refrigerators.
This is in Houston, Texas. I do not recommend them. I was just using them as an example of what a typical Medicare approved assisted living looks like.
Medicare approved?? Medicare doesn't cover for long term care. Medicaid will cover some of the cost. Social Security, other agency or families cover the rest. I think this facility looks nice. Clean, nicely decorated, huge facility. I'm not sure what people expect? Most of these ALF nickel and dime residents, providing substandard care, while the owners get rich. Most ALF have very little government oversight or enforcement.@@mysunsetdoula
No not a scam. You should have immediate access to the download. I will check into it. Thank you for alerting me. If you send me an email I will send it to you directly. I’ll throw in a free consultation if you have any questions. contact@mysunsetdoula.org
Clarewood House is the name of the facility. I do not recommend it which is why I didn't say the name in the video. It does except Medicaid. It claims to be an "age in place" facility. But it does not have a memory care unit. So if dementia progresses, a resident would have to move. This happened to a client of mine. Her and her family had a horrible experience with them. There are better options in Houston. Consider a residential care home.
Contact your state’s Health and Human Services Department. Or the department that regulates Medicaid providers and Assisted Living Facilities in your state.
Then you should have it. I’m in favor of the research people are doing around mushrooms and end of life care. I don’t believe people should suffer. I do believe everyone has the right choose how they want to die. Hopefully not on the side of the road.
Sorry I might be late to this post but I have a few questions (I’m from Spain so excuse my english) 1.- Are Medicaid paying for this? Or the 4300$ is on you? 2.- Also whats the difference between this facility and a nursing home, aint both for eldery care?? 3.- Last question, 4300 seems ALOT to me, is this normal? Is this luxury or what? Thanks in advance, and excuse my english as I mention above, I’m from Spain.
Hi! Sorry so late. 1. Medicaid does pay for this home. 2. Assisted living is a lower level of care than nursing home or long term care facilities. 3. $4300 is average for the USA. Some states are lower like Missouri, $3400. Some are much higher. Assisted living facilities in Washington DC are around 100,000 per year.
How can it be $43000 per month? I would re-record that. Also medicaid is for people who cannot afford anything. I think you are talking about medicare with is for the elderly.
No I meant Medicaid. Medicare does not pay for long term care. Medicaid is the highest payor of long term care in the country. Already addressed the error in the video. Thanks for commenting.
Not just a rip off. Unfortunately in our country we don’t want to take care of our parents. Some of us want to but literally cannot. We need real, better, and more affordable options.
Friends and families HAVE GOT TO VISIT these places OFTEN to check in on and advocate for their loved ones. Sometimes some people have no choice.
I can't afford it.l will stay in my own house with my dog
That’s my goal too.
That's ideal, but there are smaller assisted living that only have 6 residents, and they will allow you to keep your pets.
The fact we need a piece of green paper with a number on it to decide if we can be taken care of or not says alot about humanity.
“Humanity” has been screwed since Adam and Eve. Jesus Christ is your only hope so best to put your faith in him instead of humanity
Sad to say but it’s true. The reach receive ALL the help they need in a heavenly environment.
@@youtube6817 your not gonna bring fairytale bs into my comment section
@@youtube6817 no fairytale bs here
@@andrewcruz3837you own the comment section, do you? Back off.
You meant $4,300/month, not $43,000, right?
Yes. I corrected it in the description.
That’s cheap my residents pay 14k a month
Wow literally stealing their money 😂@@sabrinachery2
I about 💩 my pants when I saw that. I was like who in the hell can pay that to live in a shithole???!!!
@@sabrinachery2how do you manage that?
I just started working at an assisted living facility my 3rd. Day and I have to say, I'm not sure I'm gonna stay!!! Roaches are everywhere!! 😔 and I mean EVERYWHERE!!!
These poor residents are given ripped sheets, and the pillows are stained!! This is not what I expected it to be like inside
They're living in horrendous conditions
OMG!!! This is what I’m talking about. This is why we have to start planning for our own Sunset Stages way earlier than we do. We wait to long and have limited resources which put us in places like you’re describing. Start looking for something else. If they don’t care about their residents, they won’t care about their employees either.
@@Melanie-357 There are beautiful facilities everywhere. The problem is that most people wait too long to plan for their senior years. Most Americans don't have savings, or life insurance, or long-term care insurance. They can't afford the nice facilities.
Oh wow 😳
Please please report them!!!
@@RessurrectionGravesYes, please anonymously report them to your local area agency on aging, food inspector, social media/news media, state accreditation board, etc.
I love how you kept it simple. 👍🏽
Thank you!
Owned and operated a small one for 23 years. More of a home setting. Closed in August. I worked myself but it became impossible to stay open. I NEVER made $4000/month. Just hard to say no. Ive made under $1000. Was happy tp get $2000. The state literally said they dont care. My Ombudsman said I should close since there's no way im making money. I was worried about where my ppl would go. Some had behaviors and were hard placements. I just had to finally let go. I just started a cleaning business. I honestly miss them. 🥺🙏🏾
I’m so sorry you had such a difficult experience. Where was your home located?
@@mysunsetdoula baltimore county MD
Makes sense. I've always heard the margins were very thin and turnover was high.
@@mrs.t3733 Baltimore is very different from Houston in every way. I just completed a contract at Johns Hopkins. You cannot compare Baltimore to Houston.
@@mrs.t3733 Was it bc these patients were only getting medicaid? I heard it pays the least. Or is it bc the residents were paying out of pocket.
At one point I called maybe over a dozen facilities in my area in an effort to find one that takes Medicaid and none of the assisted living facilities did. Not one. The nursing homes take it but the wait lists are usually long.
Most cities have at least one that will let people spend down before applying for Medicaid. There are people who do senior placement for a living. I always recommend using a locator. They will save you some time.
The majority of assisted livings do not take Medicaid. There are some that do, but those are far and few between. Most assisted living’s are private pay only.
16.5% of Assisted Living Residents rely on Medicaid. 80-90% of Nursing Homes accept Medicaid. Medicaid is the highest payor of long term care in the country. This type of facility is not uncommon. It claims to offer different levels of care; from independent to long term care.
Nursing homes, yes.
Depends on the State NJ you can, PA you can not
Nicer upscale ones don't. I was small and stopped. They pay daily. You must hold the bed for room and board which was around $500. If they went to the hospital 30 days you only get room and board. They won't pay the ALF and Acute Care. This is in MD. Many of us are closing. We can't compete with McDonald's pay🤷🏾♀️
@@mrs.t3733 if the family drops them off and then stops paying what do you do with someone who can’t just be rolled out to the parking lot? I imagine managing payments e would get stressful especially if the resident doesn’t know what’s going on with money
I have a personal care home for sale and one for lease in Houston. They can both hold 8 residents. It’s better to live in a smaller house than in an institution.
I love personal care homes. I would love to talk to you about your homes please email me at contact@mysunsetdoula.org
My son was an EMT that mostly picked up from Assisted Living and Nursing Homes. More than once he called me very upset and near tears. He quit after a year because he couldn’t handle having to deal with the horrors of these kinds of places. He told me he would never let me go to one especially since he can provide a bit more than basic care if needed.
Some places are really depressing. I’m glad you have your son. We all need advocates.
I am really trying to start my process to open my very own lord if god says the same next year I’ll be up and running
I’m seriously thinking I need to retire and live my golden ages in another country that has free medical care such as Germany and Australia. I live in USA and I’ll be lucky if I have enough social security to cover me when I can no longer work. I’m 43 yrs old and hopefully secure a plan before 65. 😂😢
Planning is key!
Yes I been an LPN working LTC for 8 months now and let me tell you I have used a lot skills I didnt even learn in school. I have not had my first patient death , but I have had a lot patients unconscious and have had to use my critical thinking.
I was telling people the same thing on Facebook and they all assumed I was forcing them to have children to take care of them when they get old.
They heard what they wanted to hear. I told them that they needed to have a plan and with the way money is set up now people need to be aware of how far their money will stretch, especially in the future.
Absolutely!
I'm a mother of 9. Told them don't let 1 person do it all but I'm gonna plan for myself.
The facility I work at it varies on the level of care needed if the resident is completely independent it’s cheaper! If their completely dependent it’s more expensive
Adequate training and integrity are the two most important things missing in the senior care industry. The industry is full of dedicated under paid and under valued employees who love what they do. As industry trends change there has become a greater shortage of nurses and CNA's. What will the quality of care in the industry look like 5 years from now? Will more of our seniors opt to live in these communities or age in place?
Agreed! Age in place is my hope. But we need more and better supportive services to help them to stay in their homes.
You can hire a caregiver to come in 4 hours a day to help you bath and prepare meals. It’s a lot cheaper.
Girl, keep in mind young and working able body people complaining about $1800 a month 1 bedroom apartment.
Right! With no plan or means or desire to save.
@@mysunsetdoula Can't save with constant inflation, or mismanagment of countries funds . We can easily wake up and the dollar goes to $0 have you check the National Debt Clock lately!?
@@sasha69Xurgelash so many are living in fantasy land, as they gaslight themselves. You can’t save what you don’t make.
How many patients are assigned for one single nurse on any given shift?
2 relatives were treated horribly in separate geographical facilities. For one of them there is a on-going litigation.🙏🏽😢
hahaha when she said $43k a month! They didn't even think to edit the video?
Nope it was one of my very first videos. I still have so much to learn. I have found it’s much easier to comment than to edit 😉
Me and my brother would like information regarding your facility… we’d like to prepare now
This is an assisted living facility in Houston, Texas. If you want more information on planning go to my Linktree and download your free My Sunset Planning checklist. My contact information can be found there as well if you have questions 🙂
My relatives,was 8000 a month!
My brother pays almost $7,000 a month which includes his level of care too
oo i can't wait for 40 more years
Cool beans and compact. Good job!
Thank you!
Glad you are in assisted living! In a nursing home, it is double the cost, staff medicate you in the nighttime and you cannot go outside!😂
There's really reasonable rates. Most assisted living runs from 8 to 10K per month.
Depends where you are. This is in Houston, TX. This place accepts Medicaid and claims to be an age in place facility but doesn’t provide memory care.
Look - if you are AWRE that you made a gross error in your pricing (verbally as well as textually), when you say “$43,000 a MONTH, but meant “$4,300 a month”, WHY wouldn’t you correct your error? By NOT correcting the error, it negates everything else you claim in your video. Sorry.
There is a reason that I haven’t removed it yet. I will be replacing with an accurate version. Be kind yall! This was one of my very first videos. We make mistakes so we can learn from them and trust me I am now meticulous about editing.
Regardless, fact many places are depressing.
They aren't all the same.
But inflation and the government spending activity caused this neglect Healthcare as a whole.
Some needs to write down a comprehensive system to replace what needs replacing.
A repeatable, trainable set of improvements in policy, enforcement needs planning and people for all that.
I think the problem is foundational. Healthcare is a business. It’s designed as such for profit. Helping people is secondary. Sometimes a distant second.
The whole system needs replaced. Let’s start with transparency with cost and services. This is an accurate representation of what a room looks like that Medicaid will pay for in terms of long term care.
It’s not 24-hr supervision is 2-hr checks.
2 hour rounding is the legal standard. It’s often not enough. But the entire point of facility placement is access to 24 hour care.
Our assisted living is not like this at all ...its a beautiful place !
I do have a couple video of beautiful facilities. Do you live there or work there? What's the name and where is your beautiful facility?
And this is a clean model room only. Look under and behind the beds. Pull those cover back on those half made beds and you’ll find crumbs and shit. Change their briefs and look at the bottoms of your loved ones. These places can be the loneliest places of their last days.
They are so depressing.
What if you want to do this from your home?
I'm going to. Lots of people are. They are called residential care homes, personal care homes, etc... Look up how to start a residential care home and assisted living in your state. That's where I started.
Lol
Am looking a caregiver position in a good facility
Are you in Houston?
Good morning, Sunset. I have a question. We have our parents in a senior living facility here in Georgia. Father has Parkinson’s, Mother has Alzheimer’s. We have them in a room together on the assisted side. This place costs about $8k per month. She is not in need of assistance or memory care as of yet, but he needs assistance, since he only has one leg. He falls allot, and needs help bathing and transferring. My question to you is this: Since this facility is known to be one of the most reputable in the area, in the following scenarios, what would YOU think should happen?
Scenario 1: 78 year old resident with one leg falls in the bathroom at 2am , hits his head causing it to open and start gushing blood. Resident is now on the floor.
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pushes his lanyard pendant
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pulls the toilet cord
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident fails to notify via pendant or cord pull
Scenario 2: 78 year old resident with one leg falls off the bed at 11 pm, scrapes his leg, causing it to bleed. Resident needs assistance to get back into bed, as well as needs to have his scrape assessed.
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pushes his lanyard pendant
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident pulls the toilet cord
- [ ] What is the required response and action of the responder if the resident fails to notify via pendant or cord pull
They are not on Medicare or medicade. They pay via his VA and retirement.
If you could provide YOUR professional opinion, that would be helpful. Thanks.
Scenario 1: If resident calls via pending or other method, they need to respond in a timely manner. If in assisted living, caregivers should be rounding every 2 hours at minimum in case resident failed to call.
Scenario 2: doesn’t matter what time it is. Address the knee and help him back to bed.
Falls can be difficult to prevent depending on the resident and staff to resident ratio.
I hope your parents are doing well 💜
I just started to work at an assisted living facility and trust me this one is NOT average this is Taj Mahal in comparison.
I have over 20 years experience in this facilities. This is average for what Medicaid will pay for in Houston, Texas.
@@mysunsetdoula I believe you, perhaps Texas standards are higher than Ga
@@UmmeMoosa1342 every state is different. There are places much nicer and much worse than this in Houston.
Beautiful space! Im an indoor air quality expert and can assist with any concerns
you have.
Nope, I plan to stay independent living as long as I can. I would never put my parents in one unless they had health issues that I could not get home therapy services. Other that, I always believe the senior years of our parents should get spent living among surrounded by family so they are never isolated, cut off, and feel forgotten.
We all plan on living independent until we can't. Chances are the family you think will surround your loved one will disappear leaving it in the hands of 1 family member. Going through this now. It's an eye opener!
I was told 8000. How ever. Much ssa or pension you get they will take it all and give you 125 for yourself. Services for home health through Medicare or Medicaid are practically non existent. Be prepared mentally to spend long hours on the phone. No long term insurance carrier if your disabled will write you coverage. And even long term beds in nursing homes are hard to get. It’s dismal
It depends on where you are. Missouri has the lowest cost of assisted living $34,000/year. DC has the highest being over six figures a year. Then it depends on a person’s preferences, finances, as well as mental and physical condition. You may be able to afford a much nicer facility. Medicare does not pay for assisted living or long term care AT ALL. Medicaid however is the highest payer of long term care services in the country.
The gag is… in order for Medicaid to pay you have to be broke. This is why planning early is so important.
Placing someone in a Facility should be the LAST resort.
Sometimes placement is necessary for various reasons. With the large amount of people turning 70 every day we need to focus on creating better facilities, more affordable options, and more services for family caregivers.
@@mysunsetdoula I agree. However, sometimes, those aren't good reasons. For instance: the family don't want to "down-grade" their lives, in order to take care of their loved-one. They don't want to give up their lifestyle.
Usually happens at end of life...before that it is independent living.
Many people in these facilities don’t have family to take care of someone that needs 24 hour care and that is very common in the US. Family members may have health problems of their own, not have enough money, can’t quit their jobs, would have to leave the person unsupervised while family goes to work, and the list goes on. It can be really unsafe to care for someone that has certain conditions in the home of family are not clinicians themselves. That said, yes, there are some families that could do more but choose not to.
I was about to axe you, where you get them nubers from bruh
I’m going to have to take this video down lol. I immediately corrected it in the description but it doesn’t matter. I’ll have to keep apologizing for it. $4,300/month!!!! Low end.
She literally said she fixed it 🙄
Overpriced. Charged for everything. These places are for rich people only. I will stay on my own with my pets thank you.
This is on the cheap side in Houston.
The plan should be family taking care of their family. I would never put my parents in a home. My aunt had to recover from an accident at an assisted living place and holy hell it was the worst thing ever. Even if you are low income your loved one would get better care with you having limited resources than being neglected in a nursing home. Just saying
My aunt only got bathed when we would go over and we literally had to have someone there every day to ensure she was being taken care of. She re-dislocated her shoulder and called for help with no response for hours and when they finally came wouldn’t call an ambulance. She had to figure out how to get ahold of her son and HE called for an ambulance and then needed surgery once at the hospital. Those places are garbage. They have literally no requirements for employment and probably under pay and over work the people they have so they could care less about doing a half decent job.
There are so really good places for people who don’t want to stay with their families. Or families that can’t take care of their loved ones for whatever reason.
I’m really sorry your aunt and your family had such a terrible experience.
I’m sure there are, they are just really hard to find. And this is just coming from what I have found in MY area. I’m sure there are places throughout the US that are stellar!!
Also, I think the quality of care changes when it comes to private pay facilities or places in more affluent areas.
I’m interested
Check you verbal prices you said $43000 a month
I know that place I have being applied there
Are you applying to work there?
$4,300/month for the room and supervision only? Does the room have a kitchen? If not how do they store and cook food?
No kitchen in this room. This room was on a unit where they provided rehab and higher level care. The facility prepares the food and assists with feeding if necessary. They assists with all activities of daily living; bathing, dressing, toileting, etc.
There was an independent/assisted living building where the rooms were more like apartments with kitchens and refrigerators.
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Where at
This is in Houston, Texas. I do not recommend them. I was just using them as an example of what a typical Medicare approved assisted living looks like.
Medicare approved?? Medicare doesn't cover for long term care. Medicaid will cover some of the cost. Social Security, other agency or families cover the rest. I think this facility looks nice. Clean, nicely decorated, huge facility. I'm not sure what people expect? Most of these ALF nickel and dime residents, providing substandard care, while the owners get rich. Most ALF have very little government oversight or enforcement.@@mysunsetdoula
I went to your page and signed up for the download but nothing has come to my email. Is this a scam?
No not a scam. You should have immediate access to the download. I will check into it. Thank you for alerting me. If you send me an email I will send it to you directly. I’ll throw in a free consultation if you have any questions. contact@mysunsetdoula.org
I’m in a Houston…what’s the name of this place?
Clarewood House is the name of the facility. I do not recommend it which is why I didn't say the name in the video. It does except Medicaid. It claims to be an "age in place" facility. But it does not have a memory care unit. So if dementia progresses, a resident would have to move. This happened to a client of mine. Her and her family had a horrible experience with them. There are better options in Houston. Consider a residential care home.
@@mysunsetdoula thanks!!!!
43,000 a month??
$43,000 a month ??? Kidding me 😮
$4,300 🤦🏾♀️
How do I find out what Medicaid pays per bed ?
Contact your state’s Health and Human Services Department. Or the department that regulates Medicaid providers and Assisted Living Facilities in your state.
@@mysunsetdoula Thank you
Wow😢
And what if I'd like a constant stream of ketamine and mushrooms ? Cause that's how I'm going out.... No? Side of the road it is then.... 😕👍
Then you should have it. I’m in favor of the research people are doing around mushrooms and end of life care. I don’t believe people should suffer. I do believe everyone has the right choose how they want to die. Hopefully not on the side of the road.
That’s the only way you would be able to tolerate being in nursing home, TRUST!
Can I live there if I got medicaid?
😂😹 but kinda serious though...
Only If you’re a senior or disabled
4300 hundred not 43k monthly
Thank you
4300 is low
Yes it is. The quality of care is low here too.
Wow! $43,000.00 per month! That’s insane. 😂
I know. I know. Smh got to be more careful. $4,300. I believe I corrected it in the description. This is the low end.
@@mysunsetdoulathat's still expensive
Yes early preparations is the key to quality care doing those golden years...
Absolutely!
Sorry I might be late to this post but I have a few questions (I’m from Spain so excuse my english)
1.- Are Medicaid paying for this? Or the 4300$ is on you?
2.- Also whats the difference between this facility and a nursing home, aint both for eldery care??
3.- Last question, 4300 seems ALOT to me, is this normal? Is this luxury or what?
Thanks in advance, and excuse my english as I mention above, I’m from Spain.
Hi! Sorry so late.
1. Medicaid does pay for this home.
2. Assisted living is a lower level of care than nursing home or long term care facilities.
3. $4300 is average for the USA. Some states are lower like Missouri, $3400. Some are much higher. Assisted living facilities in Washington DC are around 100,000 per year.
@@mysunsetdoula thanks a lot 👐🏾
I'm alone and I'm living on the 1200. a month. I'll stay in this dump till I die.
WHAT A RIDICULOUS JOKE IS THIS COMMERCIAL. 🤬
It's not a commercial. It's free information.
Their beds are horrible. They are hospital beds.
Yep!
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Not the reason the get into this business. Although it can be profitable. It should come from the heart.
You’d be better staying in a hotel
How can it be $43000 per month? I would re-record that. Also medicaid is for people who cannot afford anything. I think you are talking about medicare with is for the elderly.
No I meant Medicaid. Medicare does not pay for long term care. Medicaid is the highest payor of long term care in the country.
Already addressed the error in the video. Thanks for commenting.
Lmao
Questions??? Concerns?
A rip off of the old folks
Not just a rip off. Unfortunately in our country we don’t want to take care of our parents. Some of us want to but literally cannot. We need real, better, and more affordable options.
Medicaid do not pay for assisted living facilities.
Yes it absolutely does. It’s the number one payor of long term care. Google it.
You need to change this video! It is not $43,000 per month!
Can you see the correction in the title? I’ll take the video down when I want to. Carry on.
@@mysunsetdoulapeople can not chill off of the price error. Jeez. Isn’t it kinda obvious that $43,000 would be a tad extreme 🤦♀️
Very fas video 👎👎👎👎👎👎
🤨 It’s a short. It can only be 60 seconds or less.
It's not a nursing home! It's a retirement community! 🤌🤌