Caregivers and Stress

Martina · 06-13-2016, 03:20 PM

My mom has 24/7 HHA's and long-term insurance which covers about a fifth of the cost. The rest comes from savings. I have lung issues and arthritis. I cook and do the finances and arrange everything, take her to treatment, and so on. It really takes two to take care of her, and as I am an only child, the second person is someone we have to pay. If she goes into a facility, long term insurance will pay more, and with her income, I imagine she would be fine. It's not likely though. If she goes downhill (god forbid), it probably won't be long because she has a kind of cancer that when it grows, it grows fast. It's glioblastoma. What Beau Biden had.

She just got out of the hospital. Stroke, they think, but they are not sure. At least it wasn't tumor growth.

06-13-2016, 03:20 PM	#15
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,284 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	My mom has 24/7 HHA's and long-term insurance which covers about a fifth of the cost. The rest comes from savings. I have lung issues and arthritis. I cook and do the finances and arrange everything, take her to treatment, and so on. It really takes two to take care of her, and as I am an only child, the second person is someone we have to pay. If she goes into a facility, long term insurance will pay more, and with her income, I imagine she would be fine. It's not likely though. If she goes downhill (god forbid), it probably won't be long because she has a kind of cancer that when it grows, it grows fast. It's glioblastoma. What Beau Biden had. She just got out of the hospital. Stroke, they think, but they are not sure. At least it wasn't tumor growth. __________________ "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up" - Lily Tomlin