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If your doctor “has ORDERED 35 to 40 hours of in home care”, I’d suggest you find a different doctor. In home care is not a drug that can be ordered or prescribed. Long hours of care are very expensive, and any sensible doctor should know that it’s not something you get at a pharmacy for a few dollars.
Here in the US if there's any hope of Medicare covering any of it, yes it needs to be "prescribed" by the doctor. Medicare can cover some medical in-home services for a limited time.
This is when you start turning over ever rock for help. Check with your local Senior Service Center or Area Agency on Aging and find out of there are any programs that might help. If your husband is a Veteran check with the local Veterans Assistance Commission and find out if he qualifies for any benefits. Also if you have not talked to an Elder Care Attorney to make sure all your "legal ducks are in a row" now is the time. You may also want to consider the possibility of at some point having to apply for Medicaid.
Medicare only pays for intermittant care which will not cover 35 to 40 hrs. Love when Drs prescribe something and they don't ask if its OK with the person doing the caring. My nephew has physical disabilities that keep him from being able to drive. His doctor keeps recommending a certain Hospital group for him to see. Its an hour away in a city. He can't drive and I won't drive there. Yes, there are closer options. Everytime I have to tell him the specialist needs to be closer.
My PCP does this as well, in order to keep me in her network of providers owned by the same group. Maddening. I won’t drive to a city an hour away with lots of traffic when we have a specialist right in town. You have to ask, though. They act like it’s quite a big deal. But I’m on Original Medicare with Premera plan F so do a lot of self-referring, as long as I can talk the specialty into taking me as a patient. Then I call my PCP and she requests the records of my appointments to build a ‘full picture’ of me.
There is some financial help, if he qualifies for Medicaid. Call a local county worker to start the application process. I, too, had to quit my job to take care of my husband at home 24/7. I was worried about the stress of dealing with no-shows if I hired home aides while I continued to work. Then, I would come home and have to take care of him overnight.
I was surprised to learn that he qualified for waivered services for traumatic brain injury, and I could be paid as his caregiver. That made up for my lost employment income. That made my decision to quit work to stay home with him easier. It's been challenging, but rewarding, and I am thankful I get to spend every day with him.
Do you have Long term care insurance? Medicaid? Or, try to be paid as his caregiver? If not, then you are out of luck? You will need to come up with $1280 a week or $66,560 a year and that is just for day time care. Good luck!
Medicare only pays for temporary and specific doctor-prescribed home health care, usually following a hospitalization. It does not pay for ongoing care at home. Would it be better for you to go back to work and hire in-home care? You would have some income then, but all of it or more would probably be spent on the hired home care! It is a problem for many of us. Read everyone's advice here to help with ideas about resources you may be able to use for some of the help.
Are you being paid to be his caregiver ? Also have you looked into if you qualify for Medicaid ? Hopefully others here with more knowledge about how this works will answer your question in more detail .
If facility care is in your future you need a spend down plan that does not impoverish you. You are allowed to keep a certain amount in your account . Do not spend down every last penny. See and Elder Law attorney to separate your finances under your state laws.
If your husband has Medicare, I would call your local Hospice and they should be able to set you up with what is called the Guide Program. It’s not a lot of help, but it won’t cost you a thing. Medicare pays for the service. They will come to your house, evaluate your husband and send in the paperwork for you. Hopefully, they will be able to advise you on other programs that may be helpful to you and your husband. I have my mother on this program. I would do it as soon as you possibly can to get this process going. It takes a few weeks to be approved. My thoughts and prayers are with you. God bless you.
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.
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Check with your local Senior Service Center or Area Agency on Aging and find out of there are any programs that might help.
If your husband is a Veteran check with the local Veterans Assistance Commission and find out if he qualifies for any benefits.
Also if you have not talked to an Elder Care Attorney to make sure all your "legal ducks are in a row" now is the time.
You may also want to consider the possibility of at some point having to apply for Medicaid.
I, too, had to quit my job to take care of my husband at home 24/7. I was worried about the stress of dealing with no-shows if I hired home aides while I continued to work. Then, I would come home and have to take care of him overnight.
I was surprised to learn that he qualified for waivered services for traumatic brain injury, and I could be paid as his caregiver. That made up for my lost employment income. That made my decision to quit work to stay home with him easier. It's been challenging, but rewarding, and I am thankful I get to spend every day with him.
Read everyone's advice here to help with ideas about resources you may be able to use for some of the help.
Also have you looked into if you qualify for Medicaid ?
Hopefully others here with more knowledge about how this works will answer your question in more detail .
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