Alzheimer's Care in Thailand

[dddave]

The wife of a friend in the US has Alzheimer's disease though only in her early 60s.  He is exploring care options outside the USA.  

He was told that there were some good Alzheimer's care centers in Chang Mai.

Does anybody have any knowledge of such care centers in CM?   Anywhere else in Thailand?

[internationalism]

several topics below within the last few weeks.

If he is moving with her, he can take care of her for sometimes. 

Local carers for a few hundred thb per day (when needed) or live in for 10-15k plus all expenses.

 There are some experimental medicines coming in the west/usa, but not likely in thailand for many years.

[Sheryl]

The only place in CM (or for that matter, Thailand) that I can recommend for this is:

 

https://mckean.or.th/dok-kaew-gardens/

 

I contacted them in October 2021 (concerned for a family member) and received the following info:

 

   " McKean is developing a program of multi-tiered age care, so we have four different kinds of services available.  The first is a new independent living project called Sunflower Village.  These are duplexes set up as a small unit with living room, separate bedroom, kitchenette, master and guest bathroom.  These units will include an emergency call system, but other services such as housekeeping, food service, laundry or nurse aide care will have to be arranged and paid for separately.  The cost of these units if rented monthly will be 25,000 baht (you can make sure this is accurate with the people organizing the project as there may be long stay discounts etc.)

 

   Just around the corner is Dok Kaew Gardens which is the assisted living facility.  We offer a complete monthly package which includes an air conditioned private furnished room with private bath, laundry, housekeeping, three meals, utilities, medication management and nurse aide assistance all included.  There are two levels of care, one level for people who can do all of their own self-care and do not  need regular nurse aide assistance. There is however an call light for 24 hour emergency assistance.  The cost of one person per one room is 33,000 baht per month.  The rooms are usually too small for two people for anything but a short stay.  A better option for a couple is to have two rooms with an internal connecting door.  The cost would be for 2 rooms = 66,000 baht.  We have one couple who use this configuration and they have one room set up as a bedroom, on the other as a living room.    We have also had couples with one spouse in a low care room and one in a high care room. 

   At Dok Kaew we also have a high care wing.  This is for people who need more nurse aide assistance.  For instance if someone needs help showering, getting dressed, getting to the bathroom etc.  The rooms are the same size and services are the same, but because the person needs more assistance, the cost is 46,000 baht per month.  I will add that people with dementia should be in the high care wing when their dementia gets to the place where they might wander out, or go out and not be able to find their way back.  The high care wing has a security door with a passcode, but the low care rooms are open to an outside walkway.

    The fourth level of services at McKean is McKean Senior Hospital which acts as a skilled nursing facility"

 

Your friend might, for example, himself rent a duplex in the independent living area while his wife is in the  assisted living complex. Like that, he would be in easy walking distance and able to see her daily.

 

 

[1FinickyOne]

There are a couple of ways to go about this in Chiang Mai depending on the budget. All much less expensive than what it might cost in USA... There is a range of price. And in home care works too. Vivo Bene in Doi Saket is first rate. There are others as well as Mckean. 

[paddypower]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

There are a couple of ways to go about this in Chiang Mai depending on the budget. All much less expensive than what it might cost in USA... There is a range of price. And in home care works too. Vivo Bene in Doi Saket is first rate. There are others as well as Mckean. 

Mission Hospital in Phuket took good care, for several years, until he passsed, of our American neighbour after he had been savagely attacked in his rental home, in Kamala. small village = case went unsolved.

[unblocktheplanet]

Good luck to this couple. Old age may not be what we're expecting.

[1FinickyOne]

4 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Good luck to this couple. Old age may not be what we're expecting.

what are you expecting?