Common Long-Term Care Options Force Your Loved One To Wait Their Turn Or Get In Line For Assistance With Even Basic Needs. They offer limited coverage that must be approved by a Medicare or Medicaid Specialist. Your loved one will only receive the care these state agents approve.
Medicaid will pay for home care assistance performed by a nurse’s assistant or a home aide for up to 8 hours a day with a maximum of 40 hours per week. To be approved for these services, you must apply; complete a lengthy interview with a Medicaid Specialist and wait for approval. And while they will pay for up to 40 hours of care, this leaves a minimum of 128 hours a week where you are 100% responsible for taking care of the needs of your ailing loved one.
Medicare only approves in-home care if a SKILLED nurse is required, and they do not approve payment for the service of a home aide. To make matters worse, the approval rating for in-home skilled nursing is extremely low with most claimants’ requests denied outright.
Often those overseeing the care of an ailing loved one are forced to provide time consuming care on their own while still trying to earn a living and live their own lives. This can quickly become overwhelming. The burden of providing home health care around the clock is physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausting. Even the most well-intentioned son or daughter is susceptible to bitter burnout at the enormous responsibility of this task.
When your loved one is sick or badly injured, you want them to have the best health care available. You want them comfortably enjoying their best possible quality of life. You want them to feel cared for and in control of their health and their future. You want them always treated with dignity and grace.
You may want this higher standard of care provided in your home, or as supplemental care provided to your loved one who must remain in a long-term facility. But you cannot stop your life and provide that care yourself nor can you expect quality care with common long-term care options.
Unfortunately, most hospitals, rehab and long-term care facilities are simply not capable of providing quality long-term care for their patients.
Because the demand for nurses is constant, urgent, and growing and there are simply not enough skilled applicants for the positions. To comply with the restraints of Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance, these facilities take in as many patients as possible even if they are not properly staffed to meet their patient’s needs.
The result: a nurse aide in charge of basic care at a long-term facility may be assigned as many as 30 patients a night. If you choose a facility like this for your loved one, this means they may be forced to wait their turn when it comes to assistance with using the restroom, keeping themselves clean or getting a drink of water. There is no comfort, dignity, or grace in this.
Home health services that work with Medicare, Medicaid have similar problems. They often send out inexperienced men and women paid minimum wage who put in minimum effort for the patients they are charged with. This means the level of care you get with most home health agencies will not be at the standard you want for your loved one who needs and deserves more than the bare minimum Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies can provide.
Is your loved one in a long-term care facility? This is a common choice for many average Americans with an ailing loved one. It can be difficult to provide adequate home care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Often Long-term care facilities are the only option for loved ones who must work and live their own lives.
Is your loved one receiving home health care assistance paid for through Medicaid or Medicare? These services are used by many to help with the full-time burden of caring for their ailing loved one. They choose this government funded option even though the quality of care they receive may be lacking and the approved hours leave huge gaps in time every week where they must make other arrangements for their loved one’s care.
Do you have a friend or family member providing in-home care for your loved one? This can be an overwhelming responsibility and create huge logistical problems if this caregiver becomes ill, needs some personal time or goes on vacation. Still, this is sometimes the only option for an ailing loved one’s home health care.
Unfortunately, most hospitals, rehab and long-term care facilities cannot offer a higher standard of care. Their staff is typically overworked and undertrained. Your loved one is forced to wait their turn when it comes to assistance with even the most basic needs.
You can’t do it on your own. Overseeing and tending to your ailing loved one’s home health care on your own is likely unsustainable and can leave you feeling burnt out and resentful at the burden you must bear instead of grateful for the opportunity to be with your loved one during the final years of their life.
Home health services that work with Medicare, Medicaid have similar problems. They often send out inexperienced men and women paid minimum wage who put in minimum effort for the patients they are charged with. This means the level of care you get with most home health agencies will not be at the standard you want for your loved one who needs and deserves more than the bare minimum Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies can provide.
Curated Home Care gives the discerning individual who appreciates excellent service, an instant alternative to the HUGELY PROBLEMATIC SCENARIO most people face when arranging care for a loved one.
If this is what you want, you owe it to yourself, your family and your loved one in need of care, to reach out to Curated Home Care. One of our experienced Registered Nurses can meet with you and your loved one for an initial consultation and assessment. We will assess your loved one’s home health care needs and design a plan tailored to meet your schedule and your loved one’s specific needs.
There really is only one option for exceptional home health care carried out by highly skilled, caring, and experienced nurses. Curated Home Care provides in-home health care for your loved one that takes care of their health needs, keeps them comfortable and assures them that they are loved and highly valued.
If this is what you want, you owe it to yourself, your family and your loved one in need of care, to reach out to Curated Home Care. One of our experienced Registered Nurses can meet with you and your loved one for an initial consultation and assessment. We will assess your loved one’s home health care needs and design a plan tailored to meet your schedule and your loved one’s specific needs.
