My 87 year old father, who I’ve posted about on here before, has been discharged from hospital to a nursing home. He’s paying around £1600 pw. The home and staff are lovely but he’s just not getting any stimulation apart from when we visit. They are so short staffed that he often has to wait a long time for personal care or to be helped to move from one place to another. I feel that live in care would suit him much better but the one agency that we contacted would have charged £3500 per week for 24 hour live in care with four visits a day from a second carer for personal care. Does anyone know if this is a typical cost? I keep seeing ads which say that live in care is a viable cost alternative to a nursing home but not sure whether my father’s needs price him out of the market. He is unable to walk at the moment and is recovering from spinal surgery ( wearing a collar). He has mild dementia and an unsafe swallow which means he is on puréed food ( much to his disgust!) Would be very grateful for any experiences of live in care. He’s well-off, but not £3K a week well-off.