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A lot of people seem to think that millenials and gen X are going to inherit a shitload of wealth from baby boomers. But, after seeing how expensive memory care is, I have a feeling A LOT of their assets will be transferred to healthcare facilities instead.

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Not just traditional health care. Nursing homes also, even for relatively healthy seniors with no memory issues. My grandma was in a small room at a very basic senior center and didn't need much help and it would have been far cheaper for her to stay in a really nice room at a Waldorf. It's all such a scam.

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Assisted living at night with memory care during the day is going to cost us around $12k/month. It’s insane. I get why it’s expensive but man things can’t be good for people without means. We’re lucky. We can find a way to make this work. A lot of people can’t and Medicaid doesn’t cover anything close to this.

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I think multi generational homes and care taking will come back and be more prevalent/normalized without any negative connotations because of costs.

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It definitely should have never started being frowned upon. I talk about this with my mom all the time. She had 5 sons who all paid 5 rents, 5 car payments, etc. when we could have pooled our resources and had a lot more to show for it. Shes come around to the idea a lot more as she’s gotten older.

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You can look at this topic from 2 perspectives. I have this lens as a daughter of first gen immigrants. 1) The Western perspective that rewards the individual, autonomy, and freedom: bank account(s), living alone normalized, moving away from nuclear family, child rearing is a different geo region bc of 1 singular job, etc. 2) Non-Western perspective (Eastern and non-Christians etc.) emphasize on the collective harmony, familial ties, and societal obligations: generational homes, saving/moving until you were married, family accounts (shared), raising kids in or near hometown/community, etc. #1 has grown parallel with rise of conservative politics, capitalism, and Christianity esp with social media. It’s why I made the original statement.

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