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Any background on medicare and medicaide so I can help mom?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 517200" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>This is something we now deal with since SO's mom moved in with us last July - she is 79 - both knees are pretty well shot - no operations available due to her age and heart problems. The doctor has been our biggest lifesaver when it comes to as many services she can qualify for. Right now she just got out of the hospital, and is in rehab again-not for long as she only has about 21 days left as coverage-she has to wait a full 60 days without any hospitalization for coverage to kick in again. Any time she goes to ER, doctor admits her and its automatically rehab afterwards. We have nurses come in few times a week to check her and give her a shower. </p><p></p><p>I don't know what we will do when the time comes that she is no longer able to walk. Right now she can take a few steps, and that is enough to get her on the toilet or into her wheelchair. If she falls, there is no way either SO or I could pick her up - she is well over 200 pounds. Last time she was in rehab, the doctor was able to get braces for her knees which is a big help. Everytime she is released from rehab, the social worker calls with a suggestion that we place her in a retirement home and gives us a list, but she has absolutely no money, and we would be hard pressed to afford to do 150 to 200.00 a day for her to go live there. </p><p></p><p>I feel for your bro - I take care of mom as I work from home, but we didn't realize how difficult it was going to be. Our life pretty much went from whenever the mood strikes us to go out and eat, shop, movie, whatever to one highly structured. She has diabetes 2, has lost pretty much control of her bladder, is deaf in one ear and the other one is almost gone. We managed to get her a hospital bed and are awaiting another one that tilts so she will not develop bedsores since she doesn't move a muscle once she is in bed.</p><p></p><p>I would talk to her doctor and see what he can come up with as far as more services. If we need more nursing hours, we just call him and he arranges it, it doesn't take weeks to get that done. Plus I can qualify for money from the state as I am her caretaker-supposedly they prefer to do that since it costs them less money for a nursing home, but I haven't taken advantage of that.</p><p></p><p>Good luck. I am telling you that I am pretty freaked out about my pending old age after going thru this with my mom and SO's mom. I have already told my boys that if I ever get really bad where I have lost my quality of life, I am just going to be checking out LOL</p><p></p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 517200, member: 47"] This is something we now deal with since SO's mom moved in with us last July - she is 79 - both knees are pretty well shot - no operations available due to her age and heart problems. The doctor has been our biggest lifesaver when it comes to as many services she can qualify for. Right now she just got out of the hospital, and is in rehab again-not for long as she only has about 21 days left as coverage-she has to wait a full 60 days without any hospitalization for coverage to kick in again. Any time she goes to ER, doctor admits her and its automatically rehab afterwards. We have nurses come in few times a week to check her and give her a shower. I don't know what we will do when the time comes that she is no longer able to walk. Right now she can take a few steps, and that is enough to get her on the toilet or into her wheelchair. If she falls, there is no way either SO or I could pick her up - she is well over 200 pounds. Last time she was in rehab, the doctor was able to get braces for her knees which is a big help. Everytime she is released from rehab, the social worker calls with a suggestion that we place her in a retirement home and gives us a list, but she has absolutely no money, and we would be hard pressed to afford to do 150 to 200.00 a day for her to go live there. I feel for your bro - I take care of mom as I work from home, but we didn't realize how difficult it was going to be. Our life pretty much went from whenever the mood strikes us to go out and eat, shop, movie, whatever to one highly structured. She has diabetes 2, has lost pretty much control of her bladder, is deaf in one ear and the other one is almost gone. We managed to get her a hospital bed and are awaiting another one that tilts so she will not develop bedsores since she doesn't move a muscle once she is in bed. I would talk to her doctor and see what he can come up with as far as more services. If we need more nursing hours, we just call him and he arranges it, it doesn't take weeks to get that done. Plus I can qualify for money from the state as I am her caretaker-supposedly they prefer to do that since it costs them less money for a nursing home, but I haven't taken advantage of that. Good luck. I am telling you that I am pretty freaked out about my pending old age after going thru this with my mom and SO's mom. I have already told my boys that if I ever get really bad where I have lost my quality of life, I am just going to be checking out LOL Marcie [/QUOTE]
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