I'm a long-term-care nurse. Navigating my dad's dementia care and the $7,700 monthly cost still overwhelmed me.
Tasha Crouse, 55, manages her dad's care and finances as his dementia progresses. His almost $8,000 monthly memory care could exhaust his savings.
Tasha Crouse, a 55-year-old nurse from Wisconsin, has been caring for her 84-year-old father with advanced dementia for years. Her father currently resides in a memory care facility in Colorado, where the monthly cost of care amounts to $7,700. Tasha became her father's conservator as his condition worsened, and she is now planning her own long-term care and financial arrangements.
Tasha's father began showing signs of dementia after his mother's death in 2015. Despite his declining health, he refused to accept help from a caregiver and stopped turning on the heat in his house due to financial concerns. Unfortunately, this led to a skin cancer wound on his arm. After a series of health issues, including a seizure and a coma, Tasha took him to a rehab nursing home for therapy.
Tasha has spent approximately $6,000 on travel between Wisconsin and Colorado for her father's care. She has obtained conservatorship of her father and is seeking reimbursement for her expenses, including Home Instead's caregiving service and travel costs.
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