On Tuesday David and I visited two local memory care facilities. Both seemed OK but one was definitely more upscale. Per day costs, which varied between the units and the level of care needed, ranged from $145 to $415. The more modest place quoted the $415/day for someone with no long term care insurance. The lady told us that if the person qualifies for Michigan Medicaid the monthly cost is the amount of the person's Social Security minus $60. My guess is that all their patients are Medicaid. What little we have learned about Michigan's Medicaid program leads us to believe that it is very easy to qualify for it. Your home, as long as the value is less than $500,000 doesn't count against you, nor does your car. Other than the home and car you can't have more than $2,000 in assets.
Below is a photo of the door that leads from the memory care unit into the main facility. The doors are locked but I guess the goal is to keep people from thinking about exit doors. The fire exit doors to the outside, at the other end of this corridor, are alarmed, but not locked. They are painted like normal doors (the Fire Marshall required it).
Ed and Cindy visited on Wed and had lunch at a restaurant that is in the old firehouse. Food was OK.
I spent most of Wed morning searching for upper peninsula campgrounds with vacancies. We want stay at the Paradise Resort in DeTour Village again. We have stayed there a couple of times in the past. Their first open date for a site with 50 amp service is August 28. That should give you and idea of how busy things are.
Today I again spent the morning campground searching. David dropped Mom off for her Thursday morning hair appointment. Kathy picked her up and brought her to the coach. Mom had lunch with us. She and I did maybe a half mile walk around the fairgrounds. David picked her up after lunch and took her to a routine checkup with her Doctor. Physically all is well. I took the car to a glass place and had a chip in the windshield fixed. I ran a few errands and then washed the car in the afternoon.
We are planning on heading north on Saturday. We now have reservations made for the nights of July 28-August 6 and August 11-13.
The 4H kids have been working with their houses every night. Tonight was the first night there were some boys in the group. Its been fun to watch them.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has blessed me.
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