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Your loved one may not require home care or assisted living services at this time. However, continue to monitor their condition for changes and consider occasional in-home care services for help as needed.
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Depending on where you live, most Medicaid bases the out of pocket cost for you on your monthly income. They have a cutoff point, what ever the current cost for medical care is, monthly out of pocket, that normally is what you'll be paying for monthly for home services.
Each state is different in how they apply the funding from Medicare, Medicaid or state sponsored funding.
You need to check with your state's Department of Elderly (if there is one) as well as the medical insurance for your loved one. Take a huge deep breath as you begin your conversation with either because they are inundated with calls and many of the callers are not pleasant. Write out your concerns and questions before you speak to these organizations as well as asking your primary care for assistance. If your loved one has been recently hospitalized as the social worker for recommendations for low cost homecare.
You need to prepare yourself to be the ADVOCATE - no one is going to come to with what you need to know
They don’t. It is your job to find care usually through your primary care doctor or your insurance company ( not part an and b) all Medicare does is pay for it. It’s your job to find the care you need. Start with your doctors first they can make recommendations.
Go to this site. Click on Home Health on the left hand column. Put in your zip code or city, state. A list of home health agencies will appear with their ratings. Call a few of them and explain your loved ones circumstances. They will want to know your type insurance. If it is after a hospital visit or surgery it will be covered by Part A which everyone who has Medicare is eligible for with a doctors order. NO CHARGE to the insured.
If care is for someone that is basically home bound, doesn’t drive or can’t get out easily and needs Less than 24 hr nursing (in other words doesn’t need to be in a Nursing Home due to need for a nurse 24 hrs per day) then they may qualify for “Intermittent“ care which is paid for by Part B of original Medicare. The 20% you normally need to pay for Part B is not charged. You will need a doctors order. This, the doctor is key. It is important that you know the doctor appreciates the use of home health. If the primary doesn’t utilize home health, they may not appreciate the benefit. The benefit is to the patient. It is extra work for the doctor to sign the order etc. However, many home health’s will do the paperwork for the doctor, fax the care plan to them for signature. Oddly it was the better (more successful) doctors who fully supported home health for my LOs. a geriatric primary is a blessing if you can find one. I had one doctor who wanted aunt to come in every 3 months which defeats the purpose. I dropped him and found the geriatric primary.
Additionally the homebound person must allow the nurse who will come once a week to do something like sort their medication. They will do vitals, etc as a nurse would do on a doctors visit. They report to the primary doctor. If the patient needs therapy and/or a bathing aide, HH will arrange this.
This service is recertification every 6 weeks and is ongoing as long as the patient needs it and qualifies. This is minimal care but made a great deal of difference in their ability to live at home.
My mom and DH aunt had it for years. They lived alone and did not drive. Started when in 80s for Aunt with dementia. My mom started with them at 90, CHF. Both had mobility issues.
This service allows elders to live at home longer if that is their wish. It also gets them acclimated to having help that isn’t family and if you choose one that has a hospice, you can sometimes have the same care givers when that time comes and it eases transitions.
If your LO is on Medicaid, more services are available is my understanding. Also, contact Area Agency on Aging for information on local services like Meals on Wheels.
Check with your local neighborhood websites. Sometimes you will see caregivers looking for employment there. Good luck with your search.
I may be confused about what you are looking for. Home Health is medical care. They do what a nurse woukd do in a doctors office. They follow a care plan. They don’t change diapers, clean or cook.
The aide will bath the patient, wash their hair, change their bed linens.
What Do you mean for home care? If it is to assist the elder with housework, cooking, cleaning, look for a housekeeper. That cab make a huge difference.
if it is “custodial care” then Medicare does not cover.
There can be some Medicare Home Care following a hospitalization if the doctor prescribes it as Medically Necessary. It is usually for a limited time and for specific purposes following the hospitalization, not long term.
Exactly right. For instance, my mum has just experienced a complete knee replacement. The doctor prescribed a third party firm to provide two services; 1. In home physical therapy (6 visits) and 2. In home Occupational therapy (6 visits).
Once these 12 visits are exhausted, the surgeon will reevaluate the final findings to assess if more care should be granted.
Homecare in sending an aide in daily, they don't pay for that. Intermittent care they do but then again, its not daily care. "In home" is usually done after a hospital/rehab stay. It is usually for PT/OT to get strength back. Maybe for wound care but not long term.
Medicaid has Community care but the person needs to pretty much have no assets. Only monthly income of SS and pension and there is a cap for that. Call your County Office Aging to see what resourses they may have.
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.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
F.
You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
You need to check with your state's Department of Elderly (if there is one) as well as the medical insurance for your loved one. Take a huge deep breath as you begin your conversation with either because they are inundated with calls and many of the callers are not pleasant.
Write out your concerns and questions before you speak to these organizations as well as asking your primary care for assistance. If your loved one has been recently hospitalized as the social worker for recommendations for low cost homecare.
You need to prepare yourself to be the ADVOCATE - no one is going to come to with what you need to know
Go to this site. Click on Home Health on the left hand column. Put in your zip code or city, state.
A list of home health agencies will appear with their ratings. Call a few of them and explain your loved ones circumstances. They will want to know your type insurance.
If it is after a hospital visit or surgery it will be covered by Part A which everyone who has Medicare is eligible for with a doctors order. NO CHARGE to the insured.
If care is for someone that is basically home bound, doesn’t drive or can’t get out easily and needs Less than 24 hr nursing (in other words doesn’t need to be in a Nursing Home due to need for a nurse 24 hrs per day) then they may qualify for “Intermittent“ care which is paid for by Part B of original Medicare. The 20% you normally need to pay for Part B is not charged.
You will need a doctors order. This, the doctor is key. It is important that you know the doctor appreciates the use of home health. If the primary doesn’t utilize home health, they may not appreciate the benefit. The benefit is to the patient. It is extra work for the doctor to sign the order etc. However, many home health’s will do the paperwork for the doctor, fax the care plan to them for signature. Oddly it was the better (more successful) doctors who fully supported home health for my LOs. a geriatric primary is a blessing if you can find one. I had one doctor who wanted aunt to come in every 3 months which defeats the purpose. I dropped him and found the geriatric primary.
Additionally the homebound person must allow the nurse who will come once a week to do something like sort their medication. They will do vitals, etc as a nurse would do on a doctors visit. They report to the primary doctor. If the patient needs therapy and/or a bathing aide, HH will arrange this.
This service is recertification every 6 weeks and is ongoing as long as the patient needs it and qualifies. This is minimal care but made a great deal of difference in their ability to live at home.
My mom and DH aunt had it for years. They lived alone and did not drive. Started when in 80s for Aunt with dementia. My mom started with them at 90, CHF. Both had mobility issues.
This service allows elders to live at home longer if that is their wish. It also gets them acclimated to having help that isn’t family and if you choose one that has a hospice, you can sometimes have the same care givers when that time comes and it eases transitions.
If your LO is on Medicaid, more services are available is my understanding.
Also, contact Area Agency on Aging for information on local services like Meals on Wheels.
Check with your local neighborhood websites. Sometimes you will see caregivers looking for employment there. Good luck with your search.
The aide will bath the patient, wash their hair, change their bed linens.
What Do you mean for home care? If it is to assist the elder with housework, cooking, cleaning, look for a housekeeper. That cab make a huge difference.
if it is “custodial care” then Medicare does not cover.
Once these 12 visits are exhausted, the surgeon will reevaluate the final findings to assess if more care should be granted.
Medicaid has Community care but the person needs to pretty much have no assets. Only monthly income of SS and pension and there is a cap for that. Call your County Office Aging to see what resourses they may have.