Older parent in home care
One of my very good friends has older parents
Her mother is in her early 80's and provides day to day care needs to her husband who is in his late 90's
That said her mother may be in the hospital for a period of time. My friend will be traveling back and forth and wanting to explore in home care for father.
He does have some medications and will need assistance in daily care needs and has limited mobility
She will also be looking into insurance and community options
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Dec 16, 2017
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I'm a local geriatric specialist and refer people to the following agencies for Home Care: CASE home care, elder care services, and Senior alternatives. The only insurance that pays for day-to-day care needs for an elder is through someone's long-term care insurance so if you don't have that and if you don't qualify for Medi-Cal then you're on your own. Qualifying for Medi-Cal means having $3,000 or less in liquid assets and still being able to own a home in a car and personal items. If the Elder made be eligible go 2 www.canhr.org. the Family Caregiver Alliance is also good source of information and direction:www.caregiver.org and stopping in to the local Senior Center is also a great resource for local information. I always suggest people make contact with their social network including synagogue Church, temples, ther elders obviously for referrals for care private caregivers.take care.
Does your friend's mother qualify for Medi-Cal? If so, she can get an in-home helper that the state will pay for. My mother has that, and it is fantastic. Her helper makes breakfast for her, drives her to doctor appointments, takes out the garbage and laundry, things like that. If not I also know of Ashby Village, http://av.clubexpress.com/ which is a nonprofit service you subscribe to that provides various services like transportation, food delivery, household maintenance recommendations, and things like that.