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Can I be a permanent caregiver for my 97 year old grandmother, disable mom/dad and receive financial support from the state? If so, does anyone know how and where I begin?
I don't know about the payment part but I have to ask: WHY would you want to care for these 3 people?? It sounds like it would be WAY too much for one person.
You can but you won't have a life. At all. And won't make enough money from the state to live on and save for your own future and care, should you live long enough to need it.
No one on earth can solely provide home care for three people and do it well. You’d need lots of help and how would you pay the help? Who would stay with the others while you take one of them to the doctor’s? There’s a lot of that. Who will shop for all of you? How will you keep the place clean enough?
Leeceeb, the vast majority of family caregivers do not get paid to care for their parents and/or grandparent, unless those family members can pay you themselves.
Medicaid [which is different from Medicare] may have a program in your State, but the pay would be limited, not enough to live on.
This plan may sound great at this point in time, but before you know it, you would be doing the work of 3 full-time caregivers each day. And what if all 3 were tugging at your apron at the same time?
Somebody has to be on Medicaid for the state to pay for anything. Even if all three (grandmother and parents) are on Medicaid and there is a family caregiver compensation program in your state, you will only get a small set amount. It will make no difference if you're caring for three people the dollar amount will be the same as if it was one. I understand your grandmother is 97 years old and would need care at that age. In what way are both of your parents disabled? Medicaid does not approve in-home caregiving services for everyone collecting a disability check. For example, someone who is collecting an SSI check because they're an addit or alcoholic is not going to get free in-home caregivers paid by Medicaid anymore. Or if they're collecting for depression or some other similar condition. These "disabilities" do not get the services from Medicaid that they used to. Medicaid has changed who can get paid caregivers and for what conditions, and rightly so. Take it from me. I was an in-home caregiver for 25 years. Don't try to take on caregiving for three people while also living with them. It will destroy you. No amount of money is worth it. Please, don't do it.
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.
I agree that:
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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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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Nurses have more that this quota of patient load per shift.
But.
Charlie's story was a fantasy.
Nurses work within a team of staff.
If you want to care for each relative, do so. Be their advocate, help obtain what they need, set up their care team.
But if you want to be a lone-caregiver, have a good think. WHY do you want to do this?. Then really get to the WHY underneath that.
Don't tell me 'to be a good girl' or 'because I should'. Actually why?
Medicaid [which is different from Medicare] may have a program in your State, but the pay would be limited, not enough to live on.
This plan may sound great at this point in time, but before you know it, you would be doing the work of 3 full-time caregivers each day. And what if all 3 were tugging at your apron at the same time?
Even if all three (grandmother and parents) are on Medicaid and there is a family caregiver compensation program in your state, you will only get a small set amount. It will make no difference if you're caring for three people the dollar amount will be the same as if it was one.
I understand your grandmother is 97 years old and would need care at that age. In what way are both of your parents disabled? Medicaid does not approve in-home caregiving services for everyone collecting a disability check. For example, someone who is collecting an SSI check because they're an addit or alcoholic is not going to get free in-home caregivers paid by Medicaid anymore. Or if they're collecting for depression or some other similar condition. These "disabilities" do not get the services from Medicaid that they used to. Medicaid has changed who can get paid caregivers and for what conditions, and rightly so.
Take it from me. I was an in-home caregiver for 25 years. Don't try to take on caregiving for three people while also living with them. It will destroy you.
No amount of money is worth it. Please, don't do it.