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Care for the Elderly in Costa Rica

Full service custodial health care is available in Costa Rica for the elderly at a very low cost. Care for less independent senior citizens is around $1000 per month. Retirement Centers International offers comprehensive medical care and assistance that includes all medicines, lab work, dental care, physical therapy, rehabilitation and special diets.

Villa Alegría
Tel: (506) 433-8590 or 372-1244,
E-mail: info@costaricanursinghomes.com 
Website: www.costaricanursinghomes.com
Villa Alegría is another full-service facility for the elderly. The staff with more than 15 years of experience, is specialized in elderly illnesses such as Parkinson and Alzheimer. This makes Villa Alegria a unique facility in Costa Rica. Love and dedication are the main ingredients that inspire this group of professional caregivers.

These programs are some of Central America’s best and are considerably less expensive than in the United States. However, if these facilities are beyond an elderly person’s means, a full-time live-in domestic worker can be hired as a nurse for a couple of hundred dollars monthly. In addition to caring for an eldery person this worker can manage other household chores.

* Once again, to find a good physician or specialist talk to other retirees, look in the yellow pages under MEDICOS or look for doctors’ ads in the local papers and in Costa Rica Classifieds.net