Looking for help with a project to help family caregivers
Okay, I am looking for help here. I want to see if something can be done in Alaska for family caregivers. I know that there is a program that lets family members be paid to provide care, but that if Medicaid focused and if the person the care is provided for makes $1 over the allotted amount then they can't get Medicaid, nor can they afford to pay a caregiver.
However, a non-family caregiver can be paid in this state without the care recipient being on Medicaid. Something needs to be done to make it possible for family caregivers to be at least helped with medical costs for themselves.
Even congress knows that this is a necessity, H.R. 175 was all about making it possible for family caregivers to be paid the same as non-family caregivers as thought they were a nurse. Massachusetts seems to have a program to allow for family members to be paid $1,500 a month. Why does Alaska not care about their seniors? They take away the longevity bonus and they force them to turn to strangers for their most personal assistance needs?
Support the caregivers that provide our elderly with a chance at living a full life all their lives. Help me to make things different in Alaska for family caregivers.
I'll be discussing this more here and at FamilyCaregiver.info as I get that website revised over the weekend.
However, a non-family caregiver can be paid in this state without the care recipient being on Medicaid. Something needs to be done to make it possible for family caregivers to be at least helped with medical costs for themselves.
Even congress knows that this is a necessity, H.R. 175 was all about making it possible for family caregivers to be paid the same as non-family caregivers as thought they were a nurse. Massachusetts seems to have a program to allow for family members to be paid $1,500 a month. Why does Alaska not care about their seniors? They take away the longevity bonus and they force them to turn to strangers for their most personal assistance needs?
Support the caregivers that provide our elderly with a chance at living a full life all their lives. Help me to make things different in Alaska for family caregivers.
I'll be discussing this more here and at FamilyCaregiver.info as I get that website revised over the weekend.
posted by Sandra at 4:10 PM
1 Comments:
I feel for you. I had to declare
Chapter 13 bankruptcy after my father died. He had a reasonable pension and a few investments that paid small amounts, but even getting most of our food from the food bank and meals on wheels was not enough to keep expenses under control while I was his caregiver and had no income. Even with Medicare and Medicaid, his medical expenses were outrageous and ate up every penny that came in. Something is seriously out of whack in this country when someone who has worked and saved and done all the right things all of his life has suffer the indignity of knowing that his care is bankrupting his family.
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