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What to Tell My Dad about Nursing Home Expenses

My step-mom was nearing the end of her ability to remain at home, and my dad was wearing out being a caretaker. They’d managed, against all odds, to find a good in-home PCA for several days a week, and my sister took one day a week, but Mom had started to do things like get up in the middle of the night to cook a rasher of bacon “for the kids who are visiting” (when […]