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The hospital is getting care with Baptist Home Care 1 to 3 times a week, but this is not the answer for her personal needs. She has to be bathed and changed. She had a neighborhood lady that used to do that kind of work, and she would come in 2 hours a day at $15.00 per hour for 7 days. She can no longer help, so it is up to the family to find help. They have an income of $3,792 a month, but that does not leave much room to pay caretakers. Her husband is blind, and she has a bedridden son but he is on Medicaid and gets help in the morning and afternoon. Right now, she has no one to help when she gets home. The caretakers are very expensive so we don't know what the answer is. Can you help?

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IMO, to discharge her would be unsafe. She has no one to properly care for her. Is the hospital discharge planner aware of her situation?
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Sunflowergarden Jul 2022
I feel like they don’t care about this. I’ve seen people get discharged in similar situations. It’s a disgrace
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Is she in the hospital or currently in the 20-day Medicare rehab period? If she and her husband don't have the money to finance the private in-home care she needs, and will be permanently bedridden, social services for her county needs to be contacted to discuss options. She and her husband and son may be able to get SOME in-home county funded help but it won't be full-time and probably won't be enough as they both continue to age and decline.

The "answer" is to not expect that there is 100% govt funding for all of them to stay in their home with 24/7 care. It doesn't exist. They need to consult with a Medicaid Planner for their state, plus make sure they have all their legal ducks in a row (assigned PoA, Advance Healthcare Directive, Last Will, etc). The most important thing is to have a willing, able, trustworthy and preferably local DPoA for each of them. Without this, legally making decisions and managing their affairs will become the responsibility of a county guardian. Then the family will have no say or be privy to any of those future decisions. Their health and needs situation is in permanent decline and will become more and more demanding of time and effort so family help is usually neverable to be the total solution, especially with 3 people needing help. It is unsustainable for even the most willing relatives. If I were in their situation I'd contact county social services, like I did for my in-laws.
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Fawnby Jul 2022
All true. I hope that this posts and others like it encourage people to plan well for their old age. So many don’t and we see the sad outcomes on here.
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