Caregiving: Anyone else doing this alone?
I'm the last of our surviving family and I'm no spring chicken.
I have a friend that was in a similar situation with 6 other siblings, 7 total. Each one took 1 day a week.
I'm a little envious.
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Usually, hospice will come to your home. Have you explored this? Also there are hospice volunteers who will come to your house to help with menial tasks. Do you have access to Visiting Angels? Does he have long term care insurance? if so, they will pay for Visiting Angels.