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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many are terrible.

Unfortunately depending on where you live, teh state doesn't pay for full time care in home.  A few states do, but most don't.  Their only option is long term medicaid with a nursing home.

You an apply for hospice yourself, but they provide more support than actual physical care.

Sadly, there are not a lot of solutions beyond a nursing home if there is no money (or selling the house).[/quote]

They do pay for inpatient hospice. They assumed I was there to care for my aunt full-time  - never asked if I lived there, if I came out very short-term, if I lived in the area, etc. It was assumed until I set them straight. THEN they mentioned the benefits she's entitled to. They were perfectly willing to slog it all off on me when I have NO power of attorney, NO health care proxy, NO medical training, etc.[/quote]

You don't need any of those things.    Who is they?  Medicare pays for hospice but inpatient is only for very short term stays if the hospice center has an inpatient home and very few do.  Maybe you weren't clear.  Or, maybe you don't understand what hospice is.[/quote]

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