Retail worker forced to join adult site to pay for father’s $75k-a-year Alzheimer’s care: ‘We never expected this’

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Katrina Rose, a content creator for adults, recently shared the sad story behind her decision to join OnlyFans. She explained it was due to her father’s declining health after he turned 68.

A 20-year-old OnlyFans model from Arizona told the Daily Mail that her father, Jerry, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease last year after showing worrying signs of illness.

Katrina was working at a grocery store when her partner became ill. She left her job to care for him full-time and cover his medical expenses.

‘[Dad] had always been really good at saving money and having backup plans, but we never expected this,’ she says.

‘Debt was definitely a huge fear, especially with no insurance and a ton of medical bills. 

I did accumulate some debt, but my older sister helped out when she saw how difficult things were. She became legally authorized to handle his affairs, as I was too young to do so myself.

Katrina explained that all of her earnings from work went towards paying bills and covering her father’s medical expenses, but it still wasn’t sufficient.

On top of everything else, Katrina doesn’t have much family support. Her mother isn’t around, and her siblings live far away in other states.

‘Other than me and my older sister, none of his other kids want to step up in that way,’ she says.

Moving to a different state ten years ago seems to have made it more difficult for my family to cope with how serious my father’s illness is.

Katrina started an OnlyFans account when she was facing financial difficulties. She says it was partly for enjoyment, but mainly to help pay for her family member’s Alzheimer’s care.

She currently makes between $20,000 and $25,000 each month, and uses that income to cover the $75,000 annual cost of caring for her father.

She estimates the cost of his memory care and shunt surgery could reach $75,000 without insurance, but it really depends on the specifics of his doctor’s appointments and the care he needs.

Last year, about four months of memory care and a two-week hospital stay cost around $15,000.

‘Having done a lot of care ourselves, it helped save money the first time after he got out of the hospital,’ she continues.

‘I would do everything in my power to make it work. I’d work three jobs if I had to. 

He’s a major responsibility for me, second only to my cats. But I’m confident my sister would help out in any way she can if needed.

Katrina used to spend all her free time caring for her father. Now, thanks to income from an adult subscription service, he’s receiving professional care in a care home.

She explained that he now lives in a memory care facility because the staff there are better able to care for him and he responds well to their guidance.

‘He doesn’t like to listen to me because he just doesn’t understand the gravity of his situation. 

He receives ongoing physical and speech therapy each week. He also had shunt surgery in October, which has provided a small improvement in his condition.

Shunt surgery, as explained by Johns Hopkins Medicine, uses a small tube and valve placed in the brain to remove extra fluid.

This is a common treatment for conditions like hydrocephalus, which happens when too much fluid builds up inside the brain’s cavities.

After a workplace accident, Jerry had a stroke that led to a diagnosis of hydrocephalus.

‘Not long after I turned 18, Dad, who was a manager at construction sites, had a bad fall at work,’ Katrina says.

He suffered a serious shoulder injury, including a torn rotator cuff, and also injured his ankle, knee, and back discs. This marked the beginning of a downturn in his condition.

Doctors believe the head injury might have triggered or worsened his father’s existing health problems, which then caused his Alzheimer’s symptoms to become more severe.

Katrina first noticed something was wrong around late 2023, when she started having trouble remembering things in the short term.

He started to lose energy and interest in food, and his memory began to fail, to the point where he forgot things like his children’s names and the current year.

Doctors didn’t discover Jerry had a stroke, along with hydrocephalus and Alzheimer’s, until April 2024.

He relies heavily on a wheelchair because he’s unable to walk independently. However, thanks to a shunt and physical therapy, he can briefly use a walker each day.

Speech therapy has offered some improvement, but it’s difficult to make lasting progress because of expressive aphasia.

He can still do things on his own and communicate, even if his thoughts aren’t always clear or logical.

‘It means everything just to have him able to have a conversation.’

Katrina says that now that her father is getting constant medical attention, she only needs to spend a few hours each week helping with his care.

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2025-12-19 17:51