I'm searching for someone who can assist my mom while I'm at work starting in August. Our care concerns are: Bathing, Light Housekeeping, Assistance During Physically Activity, and possible Medication Management. Some tidying up is involved as well as helping Mom keep track of her things (sunglasses, dog leash, etc). She has a Pomeranian ESA companion dog, and my cat is on the property, so being pet-friendly is a must. One of the responsibilities will be helping Mom shower and wash her hair. This can be done 1-2 times a week. I also need someone who'll assist/accompany her while she's outside on her bike or in the backyard.
Days/hours are flexible, but I'm looking for someone who can work between the hours of 7:30a and 3:30p M-F. This may be a temporary or long-term position based on the right candidate as well as my parents' plans.
I'm hoping to offset some of the cost by using Mom's Medicare B, but am finding it difficult to figure out how to utilize her benefits.
The only way you may be able to get the help you need is thru Medicaid but Mom needs to be considered low income and meet the criteria. Like said, an aide cannot administer pills unless trained for it. They also cannot do med planners. They can remind the person to take their meds and u would need to do the med planner. As said, agencies are not cheap. Private pay needs to have taxes deducted and SS or it will come back to bite you if Medicaid needed in the next 5 years. Thats if Moms money is used. Then unreliability when it comes to aids both private pay and agencies. Lets say its $30 an hr x8= 240 x5 =1200 a week x 4 weeks= 4800 a month. You may find a nice AL for that and have none of the hassle.
If she can ride a bike she probably wouldn't qualify for a bathing assistant either. There must be a medical need for short in home help paid for by Medicare and it is never anything except specific assistance, like a bath, physical or occupational therapy.
Does your mother have any underlying medical issues? She sounds like she is very active. Still riding a bike.
What kind of meds? Why did she stop?
Overall, it seems like what you need are a couple of different people, i.e., a housekeeper, a bath aide, a companion throughout the day and someone to remind mom to take her meds. If she needs med ADMINISTRATION, only folks with certain licenses can do that; you need to check on state regs.
Part B is not going to pay for any of this unless her doctor orders Home Health Services.
Contact care agencies and since there are two of them cost will be upwards of $30.00 an hour. Do they have assets that will pay for this sort of care.