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Thank you very much for the kind words and helpful information. This is the biggest kind of rock and a hard place. It's something I wish I would have prepared for. I guess it's not something a person wants to think could happen. I'll check into the resources you mentioned. I appreciate your help so much.
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Notaneasyday, so sorry to read about your Dad's medical situation. Majority of grown children do not get paid for caring for their parent unless that parent can pay them directly from their retirement fund.

Right now your two choices are be away from your job [FMLA will last only 3 months, then what?] or place your Dad in a higher level of care at a continuing care facility. So that you don't lose your job and all the benefits that come with your job, your Dad may have to reconsider what is best for the both of you. Elders normally do not like leaving their homes, but there comes a point where they no longer can remain in their home.

See if your Dad can be approved by Medicaid, thus Medicaid will help with the cost of being in a continuing care facility. If he refuses, then I don't know what you can do. I don't know of any government program that pays a full-time caregiver. Some States might offer you payment but it would be minimum wage at just a couple hours per day. Call your Dad's State Medicaid office to see what is available as each State has their own rules, regulations, and programs.

Otherwise, call your Dad's local county Agency on Aging to see what programs they offer, such as Meals on Wheels. Maybe a volunteer who can stop by for a hour every now and then. Call the Hospice group for information, too.
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