Expert guides about care types in West Virginia from Brevy Care.
Medicare Part A and Part B don't pay for the custodial care an assisted living facility provides, in West Virginia or anywhere else.
For a parent with dementia in West Virginia, the choice between memory care and a nursing home turns on one question: how much skilled medical care they need.
Choosing between assisted living and a nursing home for a parent in West Virginia turns on two things: the level of care they need, and who pays for it.
"Home care" and "home health" sound interchangeable, but in West Virginia they're two different services, and the difference decides who pays.
If you're pricing assisted living in West Virginia for a parent, plan around roughly $6,340 a month (about $76,080 a year), a real number to sit with before you tour a single building.
The choice between assisted living and memory care in West Virginia comes down to one question about your parent's safety with dementia.
West Virginia regulates memory care through a disclosure law: any facility offering an Alzheimer's special care unit or program must put its approach in writing.
West Virginia is a study in contrasts on the cost of senior care: assisted living runs about $6,340 a month, close to the national figure.
A semi-private nursing-home room in West Virginia runs about $154,030 a year, well above the national median and far more than most families can pay out of pocket for long.