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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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It will be easier to get her in long-term care right from the facility she is in. If u bring her home and find out you can't do it it will be lots harder. If she eventually needs Medicaid, it will be easier to file for if she is already in a facility.
I am also 68. I had Mom for two years. At the time she could walk and get herself the toilet. I had to clean her up. Giving her a shower did us both in. I am 5ft tall with no upper body strength. Just helping her out of a chair and dressing her did a number on my back. Mom went from my house to an assisted living and is now in a NH. Your Mom is worse than mine and I would suggest a NH. Transferring her all the time will do a number physically on u. I found a nice place. Mom is clean, taken care of and fed. There are doctors involved in her care. We all need to realize that our parents are Seniors and we r too.
You've answered your own question about caring for her at home. I don't know of any program that will pay for full-time care in the home. Medicare will cover a short-term PT, OT, nurse program that last about 10 weeks. However, they spend little time at the home and don't help with caregiving or cleaning. Medicaid might pay for a few hours a week, but not many. The PACE program through Medicare or Medicaid helps, but again not a full-time caregiver. Medicare covers hospice care if your mother qualifies, but it doesn't cover a caregiver. Your mother would have to arrange for that herself. It sounds like you would be her only option. That isn't something you won't, so a facility sounds like a much better idea. Medicaid (MediCal) will help with that if she qualifies. Good luck!
Well, she does not walk, and needs help transfering from bed to toilet and wheelchair, so I have to guide and lift her a bit. She cannot make her own meals, or shower or anything. I have some daily help with In Home Support Services for about 4 hours a day, if I bring her home, but I would be a prisoner in my own home having to care for her all the hours we do not have caretakers. I am 68 years old, and do not look forward to nursing a person the rest of my old age, and would prefer she be in a home of some kind that has skilled help.
If Mom has MediCal they will pay for some in-home care. Talk to the social worker and/or the finance director where she is now about what she will be eligible for when she is discharged. MediCal does not pay for 24 hour care in her home, because at that point a care center is more cost-effective.
Since each State is different regarding their Medicaid rules, it would be best to contact MediCal to see how their program works.
As for Medicare, it does not cover nursing care in a home. It does cover for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Medicare might send a nurse over couple times a week to check up on Mom. But they do not do full-time skilled caregiving care.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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What level of care does your mother require?
As for Medicare, it does not cover nursing care in a home. It does cover for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. Medicare might send a nurse over couple times a week to check up on Mom. But they do not do full-time skilled caregiving care.
https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/home-health-services.html