Regards o all.My wife and I did live part time in Portugal for some years. After her strokes we now live back in UK we are ,sadly selling our Portuguese apartment . Be aware that if you have assets then you will pay the full cost of care. The powers that be say she has to pay for her carers despite being bed bound . Be aware that care costs can eat into assets at a great rate . Cradle to grave care no longer exists in the NHS.