[Dmom3005]

She really enjoys the people coming for her home health. She is also
going to start getting help from area of aging for the mornings she
doesn't have the home health. She needs help dressing and getting
her breakfast. So the 5 mornings she doesn't have them, she will
have this other group come help and can even give her a bath, or help
with household chores. Its like 2 1/2 hours a day.

Donna

[OhKay]

I'm glad she's getting all that help, Donna. I hope it eases some of your worries about her being alone… especially in regards to bathing. It must be nice for her to have the company, too.

I started out working in home care. I loved the idea that I was helping people stay in their homes, and it was nice to get to know them outside institutional environments like nursing homes or hospitals. I didn't get paid a lot, and my agency didn't offer health insurance, so I ultimately moved on to working in hospitals.

The visiting nurse home health aides are usually restricted to personal care, but through elder service agencies they can sometimes help with food shopping and laundry in addition to what they're already doing for your mom now.

[Dmom3005]

Yep Kay.

The nurse sticks to just medical type care. The health aide, is a bath one.
But she has like 1 to 1 1/2 hours there at least. She will do laundry also.
Which has really helped my sister's. Because they just don't have time
to go see her all the time.
I believe she also will help with breakfast if mom really needs something
out of refrigerator that is already ready.

She is considering Assisted living also now. They are working to see if
she can get a medicaid waiver that would pay for her to stay there.
Also then the nurse and aide would still go there and the therapist. Until
its not ordered by the doctor.

donna

Ps. Update on me in the weather thread. I posted wrong place. To long to redo.

[OhKay]

My grandmother moved into assisted living a couple of years before she passed away. She was resistant to the idea at first, but she ended up loving it there. It was really nice for her to be around other people instead of stuck at home alone all the time. We did have home health care in there, and later hospice, when she needed it. The main drawback is the expense… very, very expensive.

[Dmom3005]

Kay
The expense is where one thing on the medicaid waiver would help.
Also she can get veterans benefits. But i think she is worried it
wont be enough with just that.

We would keep her house so she could go back and forth for at least
a while as she wants. Also to have the big parties there. Its much
easier for her to get in and out of.

Her house also needs lots of work done. So this would help too. With
her in assistive living we could have people doing what needs done.

Donna

[Mari]

Hi, Donna,

I hope that you and your group are well.

M

[Dmom3005]

Been to Kokomo again for the weekend. I see some stronger times for my
mom. That is so good. Especially since she had a bad water leak, and it
looked like it was going to be a long time to fix. Turned out we kept calling
around and found someone who could fix.

Whew, I went to the nurse practitioner on Friday. Had good visit. Got
all meds ordered and have another appt. So I'm happy.

Donna

[Mari]

That's a relief, Donna.

M

[OhKay]

I'm happy to hear that your mom is getting stronger.,, that must ease your mind about her being at home alone a bit. I hope that means she can stay at home for a long time now, but I am glad that everyone's on board for that move to assisted living when and if necessary.

Keep the good news coming Donna!

[Dmom3005]

She says I'm the only one that really visits my sisters don't have time it seems.
I know the one sister really gets on her nerves, so she would rather she not stay long. One sister has the eye issues, and the teens with autism and other issues. So its hard for her to get there other than when school is going on.
The other sister uses her working as the reason she isn't available to help.

That one we knew all along. I have three nieces that have stayed with her and come to visit a lot too. But they all have kids or jobs.

Donna