Everything is so expensive. She doesn't need round the clock caregiving but when anxious and angry gets confused. Has poor appetite. Lived with me for 5 years, I'm exhausted (she's narcissistic/histrionic) and I have her in a new place but her antics are already becoming problematic. I'm afraid they will tell me she has to go. I'm checking on different places and anything from "independent" to assisted living for a studio apt starts at 3000 and goes way up. Any ideas?
She probably needs a memory care facility.
I'm going to level with you as a person with 25 years of experience as an in-home caregiver to the elderly and as a homecare business owner.
You're not getting anything on a "budget". If the person you're talking about (who I'm going to assume is family to you) is low-income the option is Medicare and Medicaid to pay for services.
She will not get live-in or even several hours a day of homecare service on Medicare and Medicaid. She will probably get a few hours a day a few times a week.
So pretty much her choices are a memory care facility. That's where people with dementia who are low-income go.
I apologize if this sounds harsh, but it's true.