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There is generally no age limit upper or lower for the need of nursing or assisted living help. Whoever can pay (and need it) will generally be accepted.
The issue is generally whether a program will pay for it for the individual and here the whole system depends on where you are. Medicaid is different in each state.
There is generally no age limit upper or lower for the need of nursing or assisted living help. Whoever can pay (and need it) will generally be accepted.
The issue is generally whether a program will pay for it for the individual and here the whole system depends on where you are. Medicaid is different in each state.
Also, in some states certain programs only start at age 65. There may be other programs that work with disabled people under 65 that need nursing home care.
In my mother's nursing home there have been 2 residents in their 20s. One had a head injury that left him with brain injury and paralysis and one had some sort of illness when he was a young boy that caused him to have cognitive deficiencies.
As others have stated there's generally no official "minimum age".
However, as statistically it is the very elderly that require these services, most nursing homes skew to the elderly. Assisted living might start a bit younger (mid-late 70s).
Anyone with an early onset of a disability like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's can get accepted. A neighbor was just admitted at age 64. She lived alone in a 3-story home and the Parkinson's was rapidly progressing.
Mostly complaints come down to understaffing at nursing homes.
Anyone with an early onset of a disability like Parkinson's or Alzheimer's can get accepted. A neighbor was just admitted at age 64. She lived alone in a 3-story home and the Parkinson's was rapidly progressing.
Mostly complaints come down to understaffing at nursing homes.
One of the girls I graduated from high school with (ok, she was a woman) was admitted to assisted living when we were in our mid-40s. I don't know quite why but her behavior had become more and more erratic for several years prior. I was told it was a combination of drug use and strokes. She has since died.
Thank you! I have been asking and its 65. Not old enough to go.
It depends on the place. Our local one had several young people there. One was maybe 18. But they needed assistance.
What was the reason they gave you for the 65 age limit?
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