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Old Aug 04, 2016, 06:20 AM
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Good luck and hope it works out.
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Old Aug 04, 2016, 08:22 AM
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Old Aug 04, 2016, 08:31 AM
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$10 an hour is a good wage for caregiving!
This is awesome news!
also seek help to give yourself a break...you need to some how take as good of care of yourself as you can.
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Old Aug 05, 2016, 01:29 PM
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Thanks all for your love and support!

I am now hired as a caregiver. I have my CPR certification, and TB test negative. I am signed up for 80 hours a month. My daughter, who is over 16, is also being employed for some additional time, 1.5 hours a day. She works hard to help me. However, I do not know how happy the insurance carrier service will be about this. I will not say anything for now. We are being honest for the time worked. My daughter permits me to get away for errands and a break from it all. So everything is on the level. This allows me to keep my mother's care within the family, those who I can trust and will be reliable. I need to make sure I will be all right with the IRS and Social Security.

I have a neighbor helping me for a few hours a week. I pay $100 per week for her as a "babysitter" only. This equates to at least $25 an hour. Full service care givers get $15 per hour. She is very conveniently available, so she is worth the premium. However, she is very very greedy. Once she finds that I have additional income, she will want part of it. Since she is also a freind, I have problems with saying "No". She will not give up on this. What a headache!

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Old Aug 14, 2016, 10:35 PM
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I have been taking care of my mother who is in the later stages of dementia. My daughter has been helping me with this. Recently she fell and hit her head on the wall. I took her to the ER room where a CT scan showed no evidence of physical trauma, but she displayed the all of the symptoms of a concussion. Her symptoms of dementia worsened very much so. She babbles incoherently like she is delidious. She hallucinates now. This is too much for me. I am her sole caretaker with some help from my daughter. I feed her, wash her, change her diapers, take her to the doctor, manage her money, and sometimes I manage to drive her around in order to get her out of the house. It is very difficult to get away to do errands.

I have many worries. I have to take care of my mother with the frightening prospect of her not knowing who I am. My daughters a teenager with that type of craziness. I basically raise her alone. I am worried about money, where if anything of significance were to happen, I will lose my home. I have spent it all. I have a significant amount of debt. I am concerned about my daughter and her schooling, for she has not been getting good grades. Once my mother passes, I will need to get a job. Can I hold down a job? What kind of job can I find at an age already near retirement? Will I ever be able to retire? Will I have a roof over my head in my seventies? I am kind of scared right now. I feel alone.

What is in store for me? Bankruptcy? Breakdown? Time in the hospital? Lose my home? Lose my mother to the State? I cannot afford either one of these to happen.

I wish to all of you the best fortune, that of being well.

Tucson

PS I am tired of seeing my mother naked. Argh! It is too much for a son to see. LOL
Inspiring story....being a caregiver is hard work...I know!
I have a autistic son and I try to take one day at a time as hard as that it is at times.
I always check into available programs.Is there some type of elder affairs dept in your state?A community action center?
Good luck to you!
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Old Aug 16, 2016, 09:12 PM
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It all sounds good!
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lamictal 2x a day
haldol 2x a day
cogentin 2x a day
klonipin , 1mg at night,
fish oil coq10
multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine
Remeron at night,
zyprexa,
requip2-4mg





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Old Aug 17, 2016, 07:50 PM
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I am so sorry for you! I hope life gets easier for you soon.
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