# Assisted Living South of The Border

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 31, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580 "2013-12-31T17:57:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ClaireAlexander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@ClaireAlexander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClaireAlexander)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580/1 "2013-12-31T17:57:05Z")

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I have come to the point that my husband needs to be placed in a locked facility. The cost I am finding are just more than we have to pay, I have had suggestions of several places just south of the border in Ensenada, Mexico that are American owned and at the low price of only $1700/per month and this cost includes everything so it is defiantly affordable for us, plus it is only 4 hours from me. I was wondering if anyone else had any experience with this or what their thoughts were on this. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580/2 "2013-12-31T18:15:01Z")

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Welcome to the SDMB, **ClaireAlexander**.

The General Questions forum is for questions with factual answers. Since this seeks advice and the experiences of others, it is better suited to the IMHO forum. It’s no biggie. I will move the thread for you.

Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580/3 "2013-12-31T18:36:29Z")

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What is the name of the facility you’ve researched? Do you feel comfortable sharing what kind of care your husband needs?

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580/4 "2013-12-31T22:33:40Z")

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I can’t find it, but I believe there was another poster questioning the same thing about a year or so ago?

The upswing was that they thought they had found a great place in Mexico - new facility, enough qualified staff, and a decent price.

Considering the dollar does stretch further in some countries, and quality care can be certainly as good or not better than many places here, I don’t see why not.

It is always a difficult matter to look into such places, but I wish you the best of luck and personally think you might indeed find something suitable, for an affordable price. Do your research, and be sure to go there for a personal tour and try to get some feedback from other patients and/or relatives of patients.