As much as I sympathize, the title is clickbait and I'm not entirely sure what the point of the article is.
From what I can gather, the $145K cost was the cost of medical care over the months (years? the article never says) at the end of the grandmother's life -- not the cost of "dying at home".
The bulk of the cost seems to come from:
> the total monthly cost was $16,200: $13,000 a month for the 24-hour care, plus $3,200 to rent the apartment
It seems silly to include rent, and then of course round-the-clock private care is going to be $$$.
As far as I can tell, the grandmother needed hospital-level care, but the family didn't want to keep her in a hospital. It's not surprising that hospital-level care at home costs a small fortune.
From what I can gather, the $145K cost was the cost of medical care over the months (years? the article never says) at the end of the grandmother's life -- not the cost of "dying at home".
The bulk of the cost seems to come from:
> the total monthly cost was $16,200: $13,000 a month for the 24-hour care, plus $3,200 to rent the apartment
It seems silly to include rent, and then of course round-the-clock private care is going to be $$$.
As far as I can tell, the grandmother needed hospital-level care, but the family didn't want to keep her in a hospital. It's not surprising that hospital-level care at home costs a small fortune.