How did it work out and what was the ball park cost? My mother has dementia. She is age 86. She has been in and out of the hospital but is now in a palliative care unit arriving from a nursing home. Her meds appear to be controlled now and her demeanor is much calmer now. I do not want to send her back to a nursing home. I want to bring her home. However, I will need help and am looking more for a free-lance person. I know that we have to get referrals, background checks, etc. Hospice will teach me how to administer meds and I will be here when she needs to be turned in the bed. She is not ambulatory. This is would be the first time I have ever considered this and I'm reluctant. She has improved so much in palliative care that I want to try this.
Any help would be appreciated!
"Nursing homes have been around about 80 years. ....families about 15, 000 years. Everyone dies....where would YOU want to die, in a nursing home, or in someone's home like your own or your son/daughter's?"
This is some of the best way to think about this I have ever seen. I think I am going to put it on a 3×5 card and laminate it, for future reference when I'm struggling to get everything done.
Carol
I had tried an agency before and it was a nightmare so I was very cautious. Mother's caregiver lives in with us and works 25 hours per week. My schedule is flexible, so it is sometimes much more and sometimes less, but we pay $250 + room and board. She has a 2 room apartment with bath in our home.
housework, laundry, cleaning, dusting to free you
to be the caretaker. Then when you have a Dr appt
maybe a volunteer for a couple of hours to free you.
They wouldn't need any medical training and would
cost less. Something to think about.