Should my husband be in AL or live at home?

Ditto on consulting an elder care attorney to create a plan to protect your half. Medicaid has a "look back" of 5 years so you need to do this right away. You will need to spend a little on solid advice rather than pay a lot later when the Medicaid Grim Reaper comes looking for your unprotected assets.

Also, have you considered downsizing now as well? Who is there to help you as you age if your hubby stays in AL? How old are you and are you in decent health? You could consider being on the same care campus as your hubby but in independent living where there's lots of people like yourself and things to do. Just a thought...

He seems willing to spend all the savings the two of you have on his amusement - what do you think you should do. As he could live for 20 or more years I personally would divorce him as he thinks so little of your needs and then he can do what he likes with his split which will soon be gone on his laziness and amusements.

If you wish to have your husband live at home as independently as possible, call a Care Conference for you and his care staff. Explain to them that your goal is to have him return home and he needs to be as independent as possible. Respectfully suggest that if the staff are doing things for him instead of encouraging him to do for himself, he will never regain his independence.

I sense you are “on the fence”, so to speak, about where he should live. By stating that there is no “entertainment” at home and he has to get his hiney in gear and do for himself, instead of being treated like the royalty he apparently thinks he is, he has indicated he wants to stay where he is. It sounds like he’s been in respite care often. Is this because you repeatedly need a break from caregiving for him? If he wants not to live at home, so be it. Consult with an attorney so he gets what he needs and you are left with enough to care for yourself. But, impress upon him that the decision he makes is permanent this time.

Could a good adult day care and some in home care be a good compromise?

Many adult day care facilities have programs and activities similar to an AL, some even provide transportation to and from the facility so DH would have entertainment. Although the day care can be expensive too ($50-80 a day in my area), it's still a cheaper than AL, particularly if he only attends 3-4 days a week. One of the ALs in a neighboring town actually runs an adult day care unit too and offers preferential scheduling and pricing on respite stays for their day care members.

Some in home care to assist with ADLs like bathing and physical or occupational therapy (maybe on the days he doesn't attend day care) could support remaining in the home for longer too. Some of this care should be covered by Medicare and/or supplemental insurance (for the Parkinson's).

Split everything down the middle and let him use his and you do as you wish with yours.

Agree that you need to talk to an certified elder law attorney and encourage finding one who charges by the task not per question....You will spend on a fortune as well, though not as much, with daily home care. Around our parts it is a 4 hour minimum at approx $20/hr and I have learned the hard way even doing that can be tedious for the caregiver (you) because you must take care to protect valuables as well as remember to be very specific in what you want done. Many hired show zero initiative.

You can both go together.
Some are Senior Retirement homes with meals and activities, like an AL.
And are set up to accommodate caregivers, and even hospice can come in, I am told.
If dH requires caregivers, maybe a two bedroom?
Some, I am told, have a buy-in, if you have a home to sell.

Is there an Adult Day Care facility in your area for where your husband could go for some daily activities and social contact? There would be some cost involved, but less than an AL. Adult Day Care is typically offered only during normal business hours on weekdays, but even several days a week might give your husband enough activity and attention to help him manage the boredom and depression.

If you got a price of 84k for minimal care, I’d look else where. My mother’s with medication, help with dressing, cleaning, 3meals and all the snacks she can eat, toileting help , etc, more than your husband needs is under 40k a year.
They evaluate her as to needs on a bi-monthly basis and encourage independence so if your husband is envisioning servants, he’s barking up the wrong tree lol

Have you explored the idea of both of you moving to independent living (in a community that has assisted living also). You could sell your house and invest the proceeds in an annuity to pay for the IL rent. You could still bring in a bit a home care to your IL apartment and you'd both have all the social opportunities of the IL community. It could be a 'best of both worlds' solution.
Some communities offer home care packages to IL residents that have bundled pricing and they can often do shorter increments of care because they are serving multiple customers all at the same address (a big cost savings if the help needed is just getting going for the day and ready for bed at night).

An adult day program is another idea, but their typical customer is pretty frail and/or pretty far along the dementia journey. You could explore what's in your area. Maybe there's a more vibrant one.