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For awhile my inlaws were in one together, but he was in assisted and she in memory care. This cost close to $10,000 per month. After she passed he left and went back to his home. However, while they were there a couple moved into the same room on the MC floor. He did not appear to need that level of care. They even let them have a lock installed on the door to their room.
He was very protective of her and I watched him hand feed her everyday.
Anyway, if you live in an area where there are a lot of these facilities going up,
you may be able to get what you want.
The seniors are assured to this day they can go to the AL portion when needed, but it is almost full. They do not have an mc or a snf. The present model is based toward high end independent living with benefits that most benefit those at the higher end of the scale.
The AL my Mom was in had couples too. The wife was not too goid but the husband was. My SILs parents did it. She could leave and do her own thing knowing that he would be cared for while she was gone.
We would have to move her to MC and he would stay in AL for the tune of 11K a month. Never happened as he died, we kept her in AL as long as we could then moved her to MC.
I do visit her and take her to lunch every two weeks or so, well, I must admit I have a very difficult time, the same questions over and over again sometimes 10 times in 1/2 hour, inability to follow even the simplest direction, then the emotional upsets. Round n round we go.
I cannot imagine living in the same little apartment with her, I would have a total mental breakdown myself.
This disease has no cure, it never gets better, it is very stressful trying to deal with someone who has this disease, let alone being cramped in a little space with no kitchen or anywhere to hide.
Are you sure this is what you want? It is possible to stay very closely involved in your spouse's care and quality of life without living on the premises, you know.
Anyway, I don't want to put you off finding out about them, only do take advice and do look at all the options before you decide.
It obviously costs more.
I think most facilities that have Continuing Care ability have spouses that are residing in different levels of care within the facility.
If both seniors were agreeable, they could live together in Assisted Living, but only if the spouse with dementia was in the early stages where they could function without the other spouse doing all the caregiving 24/7. My parents lived together in AL while mom had dementia and dad didn't, but she wasn't too far gone at the time........but she STILL drove dad crazy! As time went on and she developed moderate dementia, she moved into Memory Care AL but that was after dad had passed away. There would have been NO WAY he could have lived with her during that phase of her dementia; she was way too much to handle.