He is needing Medicare nurses to handle IV antibiotics infusion therapy and wound vac and wound care. Yet newer treatments for wounds that are better in healing, like hyperbaric therapy and augolous skin grafts, are less painful with faster recovery.
I now understand your other post. There is no such thing as Medicare Nurses. Most of what you have mentioned can be done in a SNF. There are "in home" agencies that supply the Nurses and the equipment and then bill Medicare. If you plan on caring for your husband at home, this is the way you would have to go and that is with a Doctor's order. But not sure if all you listed can be done in a home setting. The hyperbaric therapy is done at a Woundcare center where there is a chamber. This would mean being transported to and from. Medicare does not pay for this. Can u afford that?
Maybe time to allow him to be cared for in a SNF. You have grandchildren to worry about. I am not a Nurse and Alva will correct me, but it seems His skin is breaking down. It could be because he is bedridden. It has also been mentioned on this site that this happens when a person's body is shutting down. Are you grasping at straws? You may want to consult with a lawyer well versed in Medicaid about splitting your assets especially if you feel Medicaid is in your future. This way DHs split goes towards his care and when gone, you apply for Medicaid. You will remain in the home, have a car and enough money to pay bills. You wil not become impoverished.
I hope I have not been out of line but there comes a time when we just can't do it any longer. We need to allow someone more experienced to do the work.
You could ask the doctor who treats him regularly or last treated him before he came home. You might also ask if any of the nurses in that doctor's orrice can offer other suggestions; it sounds like he needs some specialized care.
Is he by any chance a Veteran? If so, is he registered for care through the VA?
As to infusion therapy, is that for cancer?
yep, 1500 nationwide.
Mainly within or nearby a Health science Center (teaching hospitals), or a bigger coastal city (so it’s there for divers), or a Burn unit (like Scottish Rite ones). Or military medical, like Brooke Army Medical Center. Most have 2 chambers. So that makes it maybe 700 facilities.
It is like you said, you have to be needing “very specific care,”.
You have to be evaluated for it. It’s not a matter that your insurance or Medicare covers it so you can get bariatric automatic but more that you and your disease are suitable for it. There's an assessment done. My hubs got one done as a followup to a wound care needed due to infection in lymph “cave” weeks after surgery; we totally could do wound care at home so wasn’t needed. But the questionnaire was really intense, like there's lots of things that will exclude you from eligibility even tho insurance could cover it. Personally I can’t see someone with dementia going into a chamber for 1-3 hours staying still or moving as directed... and doing this for a series of treatments.