Both have been used to describe my husband's illness. Can I tell the difference by the way he acts? Is it possible that he could live at home again? I am 73 years old and would need some kind of help since I'm not in the best of health. Having him at home with me and getting enough help with a caregiver would be my desire. I don't want to leave our home. I go to see him every day so I can spend time with him and help him eat dinner. Anyway this would be possible?
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Now, if you have enough funds you can have paid caregivers from an agency come to the house to help you. You can try the daytime shift and see how that works out, and see if you are able to deal with the night-time issues. If not, then you would need around the clock caregivers. And depending on where you live, it can go up to $20,000 a month, yes a month. If you bring someone in from outside of a licensed, bonded and insured agency, then you would need to purchase a workman's comp rider on your homeowner's insurance and those can run up to $1k a year.
Will you find it necessary to hire your own caregivers to supplement their care levels?