Do you know anyone personally in a nursing home. They are worse than loan sharks

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It's really odd that life takes funny turns and the parents eventually require that same care they gave to us as children. The hardest part is when you can no longer care for them. It hurt me so bad when my mom got too ill to be cared for at home. But the worst part is that in order to get quality care for her I had to put her in a nursing home that cost $14,000.00 a month. What chance do you have of paying a bill like that? If I were rich that would be ok but on an honest salary it's impossible. My mom worked all her life as caregiver, she was a registered nurse for 27 years and paid insurance from every paycheck and when she needed it most the insurance would only pay for 90 days and she spent 3 years in three different nursing homes and three different hospitals. Because of her illness and pain I was more concerned with her mental and physical state than her financial state. Only to find myself inheriting the costs of her medical bills. If you own property or have a bank account your life is no longer yours. The nursing homes will zap you for any and everything they can. Worse of all the lawyers you have to hire are even worse. I prefer to deal with the private institution than medicaid because as soon as you are approved there is a lien put on you for anything of value. How do you get away from this with your skin still intact?