tips for lowering care levels - let's share

I don't know if this is helpful but I found our MC to be helpful about proposing solutions to lower the care level where they could. For instance:

My LO gets her washed every week at the beauty parlor on site. This was the MC manager's suggestion.

My LO likes it and it makes them feel like its a treat and it avoid moving up a care level for more showers. Instead of paying for the podiatrist which is not reimbursed my medicare, just to clip her toenails, the beautician gives her a pedicure every 2 months. If she stops cooperating we will have to rethink. The whole monthly charge and tip to the wonderful beautician is less than 1 day at the higher care level. Even if had to bring someone in to do it, it would be cheaper.

I buy our own incontinence products on Amazon for $60 or so every 2 or 3 months and don't have to pay the daily incontinence care fee.

The medication management fee is a big rip off because my LO was getting one pill once a day and it killed me to pay $25-30 a day. Now she is up to 2 pills.

Anyway, if anyone has other tips, let's share. The care levels are so costly.

Like everything , these only work for the moment. As the disease progresses they will no longer be effective. But the instant they are helping.