Hey, been working with my wife to get Medicaid coverage, she meets the requirements that is covered. However, we have been told she does not meet the medical requirements. Her nursing assessment shows she is capable of completing her ADL and IADL tasks albeit with some prompting and or queuing.
The lack of physical need unfortunately means she is not suitable for assistance through medicaid. They did point us to a waiver but we are told the wait list is long for that program.
I am slightly confused, generally it seems for dementia it is not safe to leave them home even in early stages, yet we are being told by Medicaid safety and supervision are not covered. Isn't that some of the primary reasons People seek help when caring for dementia?
So at this point is it just a wait and see what happens?
My 92 year old friend needs prompting on occasion to finish a task but, by no means does she require supervision as you state your MIL does.
Could this be a sign that she is manipulating the situation a bit or that she doesn't really need a elder sitter? It would make me question what is really going on in your situation.
When she went to her old childhood apartment and no idea where she went. We called the police and we got chewed out by the cops to prevent the "wandering" someone has to be present.
So that in itself means she needs someone around
I will speak with a lawyer and keep looking for a solution. This was the compromise we came up in trying to meet in the middle. I do not want to funding all of the care, she does not want her placed. So the idea was to get Medicaid to cover something and I would cover the rest.
Was someone being "helpful" as nd therefore MIL looks more capable?
Get on the waiting list for waivers. Right away. You never know.
Yeah we started the wavier process we did the paperwork waiting for the list of care coordinators so we can call around and pick one.