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Help with mother
If she has long-term care insurance, that would pay for some of that. Otherwise, check medicaid or the link that The Village Tinker provided. As others have said, medicare does not cover those services. That is the difference between medicare and medicaid.
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She may be better off switching from plain Medicare to a Medicare plan after you research it. Her 2024 Medicare Plan Book has all the plans listed in the back of the book with different benefits in it. |
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Many of us have lived it and researched every single program, agency and available free stuff. There is barely a bus pass given. Many, many of us have spent a lifetime in fields like social services, social work, geriatrics, gerontology, and nursing home administration. Geriatrics, for me. There is no easy fix in America for caregiving of our elderly. It's either us or professional paid services such as skilled nursing which will absolutely break the bank of most families. Shared family assets is still a huge hardship on families everyday. If it's just you, and no siblings, you must accept your fate and remember how much your mother cared for you. It's what will get you through. No easy fixes, no free rides, no free caregiver programs, trust us! However, there are trillions of dollars spent on illigal immigrants health care, education, cellphones, housing, which is breaking the bank of the USA. But, a question that I would pose to the OP is: Why haven't you enlisted your sisters skill-set if she has attained these magnificent services she spoke of, she should be able to duplicate them with a phone call, no matter what, to help you out. However, there are no free services that come close to providing familial caregiving. Perhaps he was a Veteran w/70-100% disability, or on Medicaid (State Aid for indigent or 20K < and/or 100% disabled, or maybe he had paid 2 years in a nursing home, and then went to live with your sister). Just realize that no one can be as compassionate as a loving son and daughter-in- law. This is your time to raise the bar and shine! You can do it! We all have done it in our young 60's.... (which is where I'm at!). My mom first, then my Dad, who just died at 97. My cousins 4 girls and 2 boys are currently taking turns as caregivers to their 90 y/o mom, as they used her assets years ago, thinking she'd be deemed indigent by Medicare. Nope. Good Luck to you. |
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I think you need Medicaid
When I lived in NYC, I had friends who got that type of support thru Medicaid. A very long drawn out process to obtain and it's different in every state. Good luck
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They also provide lots of the equipment that your mother may need. I hadn’t realized that and had purchased a lot of the things for my mother before I found out that hospice can take care of that, too. |
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Yes, I too just went through the experience of taking care of my mom. Personal care was paid out of pocket with her social security income and my funds.
When a doctor recommended hospice care, Medicare covered costs for personal and pastoral care and medical equipment. Hospice staff were wonderful and very caring |
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I have experienced the same here in Florida. Getting help with a parent that can no longer do for themselves thru Medicare or Medicaid is close to NOTHING as you can get. It is so bad I had to move my mom back to Virginia where I could get help in her home I am very lucky we didn't sell her house up there. Provided there thru Medicaid 2 sitters up to 16 hours a day, doctor's for house call, transportation if needed, someone to give her bathes, etc... Florida has NONE of this for the elderly. Good Luck!
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