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[quote=Anonymous]My elderly mother is having her regular freak out about the cost of my debilitated dad’s home care. I don’t blame her as the cost is shockingly high, but I think she is deluded about Medicare.

My dad has advanced Parkinson’s, is on a feeding tube, and can manage neither the feeding or his meds on his own. He cannot be left alone (dementia, huge fall risk) and my mom is too old and decrepit herself to care for him much. We have nurses come in 12 hours a day as no aide was willing to deal with the feeding tube (and meds which must be given through the tube) which is seen as “medical” care.

My mother thinks he could somehow be eligible for the 28 hours or whatever it is of intermittent, part-time home nursing care benefit under Medicare. Like, Medicare would pay for 28 hours every week and we’d pay for the rest.

I told her that 28 hour thing is for PT and OT and temporary visiting nurses, like after a hospitalization, and not for ongoing care of the kind he needs. The Medicare website says that people who need more than part time care are not eligible for this.

If I’m wrong I’d love to know! But if Medicare would actually pay for 28 hours a week of home eldercare for homebound people with dementia, etc, I feel like I would have heard of it. Am I wrong? Is there any source I could go to for the definitive answer on this that would convince my mother and make her accept that care at home will be totally on our dime?[/quote]

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