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Originally Posted by Readytostop
Squiggle... could you hire a male companion for your H? does you insurance cover any care for him? How about a residential care for your H? would your insurance cover it for a few days?
How about a day program? the things that came to my mind is that can you really "take a break" or "take care of yourself" in other wards relax if you have to leave him with someone else?
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We have an assistant who comes for 3 hours per day, but my husband is too embarrassed to let her do 'personal' care, so I still take care of all of that. She helps him prepare meals, exercise, and does light housekeeping. She is also somewhat of a companion to him when I am at work.
He does have Medicare and Medicaid, but it is ALOT of red tape to go through to get any kind of services for him. But, just in case I should ever decide to go for inpatient, I think we should check into what kind of services they would provide for him if his primary caregiver (me) was not able to care for him for a few days.