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In-Home Caretakers Terrible, MCU Much Better
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
Hi @coping123. You made some excellent points.
My husband is still at home with Alzheimer's Disease, and at this time, it's not difficult for me to take care of him.
We recently met with a geriatrician. She told me that, when the time comes it would not be safe to hire caregivers privately to care for my husband for personal liability reasons. She said to only hire from an agency that has insurance and whose employees are bonded. She also recommended putting credit freezes in place, which we already have.
In our state, the cost of memory care in a facility is $16,000 a month and $24,000 a month for in home care.
It was good to have all this laid out for future planning.
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@tsc Good info. That is about what it is here. At this point I can go to the gym, grocery shop and go walking or lunch with a friend but when that is all taken from me other options will be necessary. Right now I am happy with caring for him. It's been about 4 years and not a lot of change except no driving. He does take memory med and for now we can handle things.
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Hi @tsc, Is your husband a Veteran? We have a caregiver 7 hrs a day, 5 days a week paid for under the Veteran Directed Care Program. The intent is to keep the Veteran in their home. We found a wonderful caregiver who has become family to us. I realize how blessed we are to have found her. The nearest care facility is about 2 hrs from us. The nearest excellent memory care facility is almost 3 hrs away & has a waiting list. (I think all the facilities within about a 3 hr radius have waiting lists. It’s not unusual.) We had 2 small facilities in town. Both closed this last year because of staffing issues.