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Re:Taking care of the elderly in Silicon Valley – a personal... by egl2019 on Monday May 06, 2019 @03:22PM (#19842798)
From personal experience, I can tell you that $6K/month is not exclusively a Silicon-Valley phenomenon.

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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Re:Taking care of the elderly in Silicon Valley – a personal... by mjevans on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:35PM (#19844627)
This is actually one of the biggest reasons that socialized medicine is going to be a requirement rather than a nice to have.

Literally the cost of labor is just too high for this to not be part of a social safety net.

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